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Article #2429Re: (Im)precise exceptions
From: R. Vuurboom
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 08:39
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 08:39
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In article <27659@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> marc@oahu.UUCP (Marc Tremblay) writes: >Fortunately the 88000 provides special registers which contain the >necessary information for the software to complete an instruction >that caused an imprecise exception. ^^^^^^^^^ Ok, this term has been bandied about on the net before. When (precisely :-) is an exception imprecise? When is it precise? Does it affect ones handling of the exception? When does one need to differentiate between the two? -- "Geld groeit me niet op de rug." Literally: "Money doesn't grow on my back." (Often overheard at the supermarket counter from mothers to their kids.) Roelof Vuurboom SSP/V3 Philips TDS Apeldoorn, The Netherlands +31 55 432226 domain: roelof@idca.tds.philips.nl uucp: ...!mcvax!philapd!roelof
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!philapd!ssp1!roelof From: roelof@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Vuurboom) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: (Im)precise exceptions Summary: Ignorance is not always bliss :-) Message-ID: <269@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 4 Oct 89 08:39:02 GMT References: <2353@oakhill.UUCP> <261500010@S34.Prime.COM> <34701@apple.Apple.COM> <2451@wyse.wyse.com> <477@ctycal.UUCP> <265@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> <4796@orca.WV.TEK.COM> <27659@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands Lines: 16