From: Dave Love <d DOT love AT dl DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: double precision in g77
Date: 10 Feb 1997 12:39:38 +0000
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>>>>> "Tommy" == Tommy Bevins <bevinst AT vicksburg DOT com> writes:

 Gordon Talge <gtalge AT pe DOT net> wrote:
 >> Does anyone know how to get g77 to print double precision number
 >> using the standard D instead of E? 

`standard'??  Hack the relevant routine in f/runtime/libI77, I guess.
Why is this important?

 >> Is there some kind of format command to do this?

 Tommy> This looks like a bug in g77. The small code below will write
 Tommy> the number in D format on an SGI, but uses the E format under
 Tommy> DJGPP/G77.

g77 support messages are best directed to the address in the manual.
To report a standard violation, be prepared literally to quote chapter
and verse; comparison with other compilers isn't relevant.  In this
case there is no bug (ANSI X3.9-1978 13.5.9.2.2).