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Re: Division by 0 crashes OS2/2.0

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From: Dov Bai-MSI Visitor
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 13:13
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In article <92Sep03.032755.21494@acs.ucalgary.ca> bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens) writes:
>In article <21529@optima.cs.arizona.edu> shack@cs.arizona.edu (David Shackelford) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep2.163508.17347@tc.cornell.edu> bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
>>>The following short program compiled with MS-FORTRAN 5.0 with 
>>>coprocessor crashes OS2 Ver. 2 on my machine:
>>
>>Sounds interesting.  Are you compiling to a DOS program and running
>>it in a VDM, or an OS/2 program?  If OS/2, is it with the 1.x or 2.0
>>libraries?  Please post more information...
>
>If he uses MS-Fortran, it got to be a DOS program.

No, MS-Fortran 5.0 is both a real & protected mode product. I think
that 5.1 merely adds Windows functionality that does not exist in 5.0.

>
>I tried with Ms Fortran 5.1 and with Watcom fortran 386 V9.
>
>Both return an answer 1.00000000.

It that is true, it is really bad - I would not trust such 
a compiler for any serious numerical work. 

>
>Luc B
>
>

Dov 
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