Answer to McCalpins f77 inquiry

[Jim Barton]

In article <21035 at sgi.SGI.COM>, calvin at dinkum.SGI.COM (Calvin H. Vu) writes:
  ...

> << 5. Does the MIPS compiler actually support CORRECT IEEE arithmetic?
> << 	(including rounding, sufficient guard bits, and robust
> << 	intrinsics)  
> 
> 	Sorry I don't have the answer for this.  As far as I know, we pass
> 	all the official QA tests, including GSA, ANSYS, SDRC, and the NAG
> 	floating point verification suite.   We just implemented floating-point 
> 	trap handling in response to the only request regarding floating-
> 	point operations we received from our customers.   
  ...

All 4D series machines pass the PARANOIA test without errors.
I ran it myself.

-- Jim Barton
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