Exception handling (was: C bug causes double fault)

[Wietse Z. Venema]

In article <244 at tree.UUCP> zarquon at tree.UUCP (Erin Filbert) writes:
>
>	float x;
>	printf("x = %d", x);
>
>will send the system into double fault.  I am using Microport System V
>Release 2 on a 286 machine (AT Clone).

On this particular machine (uPort 2.3.0, no 80287) the program does no
harm.  It depends on the version of the OS, but also on the presence of
an arithmetic chip, what the effect of arithmetic exceptions will be.
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