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From: cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: What's wrong with this program (3b2)?
Message-ID: <198@mplvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 17:12:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: mplvax.198
Posted: Sat Jun 22 17:12:26 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Jun-85 08:04:39 EDT
References: <104@gwsd.UUCP> <476@gitpyr.UUCP> <339@cuae2.UUCP> <485@gitpyr.UUCP>
Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Organization: Marine Physical Laborator of SIO at UCSD
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In article <485@gitpyr.UUCP> robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) writes:
>> In article <476@gitpyr.UUCP> robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) writes:
>> >There's an undocumented flag for the cc command which enables generation
>> >of software floating point support.
>> 
>> I think it should be pointed out that the flag is documented in every
>> System V User Reference manual I could lay my hands on, including the
>> manual for the 3B2 (which needs the flag) and the manual for the 3B20
>> (which doesn't).  Here's the text from the man page:
>>    -f   Link the object program with the floating-point
>>         interpreter for systems without hardware floating-point.
>
>Well it isn't in any of my 3B2 manuals.  These are the manuals that came
>with System V R 1.something-or-other.  We found out by calling the AT&T
>support center and they admitted that it was undocumented (at the time).

To add a bit of fuel:  The 'C language system' floppies that came with our
3b2's had *no manual pages at all* to cover the software in the package.
This is carrying unbundling a bit too far.

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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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