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From: hugh@BRL-BMD.ARPA (USAFAS)
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Subject: P-E and float?
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 18:13:09 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 13 18:13:09 1985
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Hi,

	We have been given access to a Perkin-Elmer running the
Wollogong(sp?) implementation of unix and have found that the simplest
versions of programs written in both FORTRAN and C don't work.  
I think that I have isolated the problem:  my conclusion is that
this implementation doesn't have{_ float in C and doesn't have
REAL in FORTRAN.  When I declare my variables as double or DOUBLE
PRECISION in C or FORTRAN, respectively, the programs work; declared
as float or REAL, they don't work.

	Is this standard for this implemetation?  Or should I tell
the system administrator to get to work straightening out this problem?

		thanks,

				hugh@brl