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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Casts in h2ph PLUS Sequent Problems
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Date: 21 Feb 91 23:46:29 GMT
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In article <11424@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
?In article <122475@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
?: It may be, but then maybe not. I have serious problems with
?: TIOCSETP on a Sequent S81 Symmetry running Dynix 3.0.17.9.
?: 
?: Larry, would you like a temporary account to fix this?
?
?What, you want me to patch your OS?  :-)

No, I want you to patch our compiler :-)
Actually, I tracked this down and fixed it myself.
For some reason, our machine doesn't cast negative floats
to unsigned correctly, and your program doesn't detect it.

You might want to undef CASTNEGFLOAT if you find /dynix.
I just edit config.sh by hand, as that's easier to do.

?: Also, Sequent has a parallel make facility...
?
?Maybe someday.  Writing metaconfig units for every gonzo feature that
?somebody comes up with under the influence of cough syrup isn't at the top
?of the queue right now.

Aw cmon! Parallel makes are a great idea.
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