From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2d09fa6592c24a21 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-10 21:39:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C8C4346.BA87D604@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: I think - it's a bug... References: <3C8B184D.49214059@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 05:39:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.211.222 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1015825172 209.86.211.222 (Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:39:32 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:39:32 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:39:32 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21037 Date: 2002-03-11T05:39:32+00:00 List-Id: "David C. Hoos, Sr." wrote: > > Additionally, you might want to consider the following statement > from the GNAT User's Guide: > In particular, if the Ada code will do any floating-point operations, > then the FPU must be setup in an appropriate manner. For the case > of the x86, for example, full precision mode is required. The > procedure GNAT.Float_Control.Reset may be used to ensure that > the FPU is in the right state. Note that this is in the section "Binding with Non-Ada Main Programs", which clearly doesn't apply in this case. -- Jeff Carter "English bed-wetting types." Monty Python & the Holy Grail