Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 11:56:48 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Phil Galbiati <galbiati AT cse DOT ogi DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Symify crashes in Windows Dos box
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On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Phil Galbiati wrote:

> when _control87() is called as somebody else suggested).  Given DJ's
> original intent of providing a tool for porting Unix software to DOS, if
> DJGPP's default behavior of crashing is "not a bug", then it is, at best, 
> a bad design decision which should be changed. 

IMHO, these fine FP-related points in DJGPP are in bad need of
volunteers.  People who feel they understand these issues are welcome
to submit source-level patches to library functions that will make it
be more compliant.