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vax 7.1H: xcalc

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Nov 23 01:48:25 1990

From: deevans@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 90 01:48:14 EST

System name:		moonroach
Type and version:	CVAXSTAR 7.1H
Display type:		SM

xcalc provides no error checking or signal trapping when one attempts to
do a mathematically illegal function.   For example, ln 0 or sin (2)
will cause xcalc to crash (Illegal Instruction).   This seems a real
pain, and is not mentined under BUGS.   

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