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From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Re: FPU math library?
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Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1994 11:08:00 GMT
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In <2somn9$6n7@news.ysu.edu> ap713@yfn.ysu.edu (Christopher L. Mikkelson) writes:


> Is there a good math library (preferable compatible with the standard)
>for FreeBSD.  I had tried with some success to use libfpu (mathlib2.1-386bsd)
>that I found laying around somewhere, but programs running it had the
>nasty habit of dumping core practically everywhere.

You can try the Sun libm, which is in -current under /usr/src/lib/msun

Geoff.
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