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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: libm.a for i387
Keywords: libm.a
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Date: 6 Jul 92 11:39:50 GMT
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Hi there,

Has anybody out there in net.land got a version of libm specifically
designed for i387 ?

The one that comes with 386bsd seems to use double +-*/, bit manipulations
and integer arithmetic only.
Okay, I'll admit I started on a libm/i387 - but
a) I don't want to re-invent the wheel
b) I don't know when to let the routines cause a FPE signal or when to set
   errno (and to what)

Comments ?

-Bernard