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From: sharif@lamar.colostate.edu (Thomas Abdallah)
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Subject: Borland C++ and Floating Point Math
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Date: 13 Apr 91 08:27:09 GMT
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Reply-To: sharif@lamar.colostate.edu (Thomas Abdallah)
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Okay,  It's about time to begin pulling hair out !

I've been fighting with Borland's C++ v2.0 trying to get it to handle
floating point numbers.  The manual specifically states that :

	"The default Borland C++ code generation option is emulation
	     ^^^^^^^
	 (the -f command-line compiler option).  This option is for
	 programs that may or may not have floating point, and for
	 machines that nay or may not have an 80x87 math coprocessor."

	-Borland C++ Programmers Guide, p.220

When I use the BUILD option I can see the stupid thing compile my program
and then actually read the EMU.LIB file during its link phase.  Now when
I try to go back and execute the bloody thing I get a big fat error telling
me that the floating point library has not been linked.  What gives ?????

Has anyone been this thoroughly frustrated with the damn thing?  One thing
that REALLY bothers me about Borland's products is that they don't use
environment variables.  At least with MSC I knew why things weren't linked
properly; I usually had been messing with my CONFIG.SYS file the night
before and screwed up my LIB or INCLUDE variables.  With this thing I have
no clue!  (btw.  I checked the little TLINK.CFG file and it is going to the
right place .. this is a bogus way of handling what should be env-vars!)

                                                           vvvvvvv
Anyway,  I've about had it for tonight.  Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
                                                           ^^^^^^^

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Thomas-Sharif Abdallah
Starving CIS Grad Student -- Colorado State Univ.
sharif@lamar.colostate.edu
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