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From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Long Float Error from Gnat
Date: 1998/10/30
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Date: 1998-10-30T00:00:00+00:00
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Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com> writes:

> I've hit an odd numerical error in a program that I've compiled
> with GNAT 3.10p1 on NT 4 sp3.  I almost can't believe it, so I wonder 
> if anyone else can tell me what's going on.  My number one suspect is 
> that it's a floating point problem in my Pentium Pro.
> 
> Here's the code:

<snip>

running the same code with ObjectAda 7.1.2 NT 4 sp3 gives no NAN's.
Must be a bug/feature in the GNAT runtime. Wait till 3.11p comes out,
then submit a bug report :)

-- Stephe