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From: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@consys.com>
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To: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov, tlambert@primenet.com
Subject: Re: Floating point exceptions
Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
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|> FreeBSD (so I can replace Linux). My understanding is that FreeBSD traps 
|> FPE's. Is there a way for me to change the FreeBSD source code to mask FPE's 
|> rather than trap them? Better yet, can I do that for a specific application at
|> compile time? Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
|
|Fix:		Correct the code to not generate exceptions

Hmm, I don't think so.  There are a variety of reasons that NA people
want to use those carefully thought out exceptions.  Find
'em yerself.  

Russell