Bug in DOS Windows
E. G. Bauman
bauman at shell.com
Wed Jul 18 07:41:48 AEST 1990
I found a serious bug in DOS Windows on a SPARCstation. Compile the
following FORTRAN program with Microsoft FORTRAN version 5.0.
do 10 i=-5,5
x = 10.0 ** i
write(6,*)i,x
10 continue
end
Then run it under DOS Windows 1.0:
H:\>exp
-5 1#NAN........
run-time error M6111: MATH
- floating-point error: stack underflow
H:\>
This program runs just fine on a PS/2 model 80 without the need for
recompilation. Moral of the story - beware when doing floating point math
under DOS Windows on a SPARCstation.
Evan G. Bauman
Shell Development Company - Westhollow Research Center
PO Box 1380; Houston, TX 77251-1380
bauman at shell.com or for the uucp types: {sun,bcm}!shell!bauman
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