Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!hoxna!houxm!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.lang.f77 Subject: Re: fixes available to 4.2BSD libF77 to comply with the ANSI standard Message-ID: <6773@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 00:32:30 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6773 Posted: Wed Dec 26 00:32:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 03:27:53 EST References: <552@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 16 > x = sqrt(-1.) sqrt: DOMAIN error > If someone out there is really brave, they could fix libm. Talk about reinventing the wheel! Instead of pouring so much effort into obsolete versions of software, why not start with the latest available version (UNIX System V Release 2.0) and improve that? Then you could also feed back your improvements to AT&T so everyone could benefit. The "sqrt: DOMAIN error" message is what you get by default under UNIX System V. You can also supply your own matherr() routine to allow special handling of math library exceptions; much better than core dumping!