labad(3)

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πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

labad β€” labad: over/underflow on obsolete pre-IEEE machines.

πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

Functions

  • subroutine dlabad (small, large) β€” DLABAD
  • subroutine slabad (small, large) β€” SLABAD

🌸 Detailed Description 🌸

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πŸ”₯ Function Documentation πŸ”₯

subroutine dlabad (double precision small, double precision large)

DLABAD

🎯 Purpose

DLABAD is a no-op, periodt β€” it's kept for compatibility reasons. Back in the day, it used to correct the overflow/underflow behavior of machines that are not IEEE-754 compliant. πŸ‘‘

🧸 Parameters

  • SMALL β€” SMALL is DOUBLE PRECISION. On entry, the underflow threshold as computed by DLAMCH. On exit, the unchanged value SMALL.
  • LARGE β€” LARGE is DOUBLE PRECISION. On entry, the overflow threshold as computed by DLAMCH. On exit, the unchanged value LARGE.

πŸ’Œ Author

  • Univ. of Tennessee
  • Univ. of California Berkeley
  • Univ. of Colorado Denver
  • NAG Ltd.

Definition at line 67 of file dlabad.f.


subroutine slabad (real small, real large)

SLABAD

🎯 Purpose

SLABAD is also a no-op and kept for compatibility reasons. It used to correct the overflow/underflow behavior of machines that are not IEEE-754 compliant. 🫢

🧸 Parameters

  • SMALL β€” SMALL is REAL. On entry, the underflow threshold as computed by SLAMCH. On exit, the unchanged value SMALL.
  • LARGE β€” LARGE is REAL. On entry, the overflow threshold as computed by SLAMCH. On exit, the unchanged value LARGE.

πŸ’Œ Author

  • Univ. of Tennessee
  • Univ. of California Berkeley
  • Univ. of Colorado Denver
  • NAG Ltd.

Definition at line 66 of file slabad.f.

🫢 AUTHOR 🫢

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