From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: DINFINITY alpha not gnu/linux Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:06:49 +1000 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87y8r2vd2u.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <877jymwt2b.fsf@zip.com.au> <16433.18814.653327.782668@devzero.bogus.domain> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076973043 19269 80.91.224.253 (16 Feb 2004 23:10:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:10:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 17 00:10:33 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Asrsn-00048y-00 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:10:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AsrqO-0001Wm-1c for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:08:04 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Asrpy-0001WV-MB for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:07:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AsrpS-00016K-0j for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:07:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [61.8.0.85] (helo=mailout2.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AsrpR-00016G-AW for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:07:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.87]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i1GN6u5O015096; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:06:56 +1100 Original-Received: from localhost (ppp88.dyn250.pacific.net.au [203.143.250.88]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i1GN6tcg004655; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:06:55 +1100 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AsrpC-0001TN-00; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:06:50 +1000 Original-To: "John W. Eaton" Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <16433.18814.653327.782668@devzero.bogus.domain> (John W. Eaton's message of "Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:51:42 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3392 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3392 "John W. Eaton" writes: > > #if defined (SCO) > volatile double tmp = 1.0; > tmp_inf = 1.0 / (tmp - tmp); This is not really sco specific is it? I'd guess anywhere with a working "volatile" and overflow exceptions masked would be ok. > to define Inf, but there may be better ways to do this. C99 INFINITY is probably good, when available. _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel