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From: carlm@grpwre.UUCP (Carl McConnell)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: What's wrong with this program (3b2)?
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 13:18:39 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 18 13:18:39 1985
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I think the problem was that the floating-point interpreter wasn't
loaded; i.e., the program should have been compiled with
"cc -g -f temperature.c".

	Carl McConnell
	Groupware Systems
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(Relevant portion of the original article follows...)

> The following program came out of the K&R book, page 8.
> When compiled on a 3b2 (SYS-V.2)...
> 
> $ cc -g temperature.c
> $ a.out
> Illegal instruction - core dumped
> $ sdb a.out
> main:15:     fahr = lower;
> *q
> 
> -----program follows-----
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> /* print Fahrenheit-Celsius table
>      for f = 0,20,...,300  */
> main()
> {
>     int lower, upper, step;
>     float fahr, celsius;
> 
>     lower = 0;    /*lower limit of temperature table */
>     ...(etc)