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From: lalonde@qucis.queensu.CA (Paul Lalonde)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Generating an exception when NaN is assigned
Keywords: How do I do this???
Message-ID: <1084@qusuna.queensu.CA>
Date: 8 Feb 91 20:03:21 GMT
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Does anybody know how to make this RS6000 generate a floating point exception
when I assign (inadvertently) NaN or Inf to a float or a double?  
I can't find anything on the FPU in the stack of manuals (God only knows
why IBM didn't stick to the traditional UNIX manual organization and
syntax - railroad tracks are hell).

	Thanks,
		Paul

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