Re: One more oddity with gcc and vax floats...

> On Jun 10, 2026, at 9:31=E2=80=AFAM, John Klos <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> ...
>>> it is one of the more annoying, common, problems when trying to
>>> build modern software on vax.
>>=20
>> True. Sadly, most of the time it isn't really an issue with the =
actual software as such, but either a problem with tests, or an =
expectation of Inf and/or specific forms of NaN existing on the machine. =
Tests are hard to fix, but most of the time the code that use Inf/NaN =
will work just fine by changing it to something that exists on a VAX.
>=20
> This. Many packages run just fine with NAN set to 0.

DEC float does have NaN, but it doesn't have Inf.

	paul