[Fwd: Re: Problem with GNAT Ada floating-point image representation under HPUX]

2005-10-23 Thread .:SB:.
Original Message Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT Ada floating-point image representation under HPUX Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 10:43:12 +0200 From: .:SB:. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Clarke, Carus V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Good reading is &

Problem with GNAT Ada floating-point image representation under HPUX

2005-10-20 Thread Clarke, Carus V
I have been using the gcc 3.4.4 GNAT compiler to compile an existing Ada program on an HP-UX 11 system. We have noticed that generated images of floating-point numbers often appear with the least-significant digit incremented by 1. Since the application is used in a calibration laboratory, this