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Article #20Re: P-E and float?
From: Joe Orost
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1985 02:41
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1985 02:41
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I wanted to share this response with you all. If you can provide more input
for this guy, please send him email (..!ucbvax!hugh@BRL-BMD.ARPA).
In article <9195@brl-tgr.ARPA> you write:
> 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?
We too had this problem a long time ago. I think it turned out to be a C
compiler bug. I think this was fixed right after unix was brought up on our
machine (before it was released as EDITION VII), but like I said this was a
long time ago.
I suggest you get a copy of the latest version of EDITION VII from
Perkin-Elmer. This is basically the Wollengong port with lots of bugs fixed
(V7 unix). Or you can order XELOS if you want a port of System Vr2.
regards,
joe
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site petsd.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!lsuc!per!pesnta!petsd!joe From: joe@petsd.UUCP (Joe Orost) Newsgroups: pe.cust.bugs Subject: Re: P-E and float? Message-ID: <475@petsd.UUCP> Date: 22 Mar 85 02:41:55 GMT Date-Received: 22 Mar 85 17:58:56 GMT Reply-To: joe@petsd.UUCP (Joseph M. Orost) Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J. Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: <9195@brl-tgr.ARPA>