From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Fri Jun 12 15:56:11 1998
Subject: wierd error
From: Heber Farnsworth <farnswor at calvin dot cob dot ohio-state dot edu>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:55:46 -0400

I just upgraded to 2.0.13 and I get frequent floating point exceptions.  I can 
get one anytime I issue the following three commands just after startup

Octave, version 2.0.13 (alphaev56-dec-osf4.0d).
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 John W. Eaton.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.

octave:1> multiplot(2,2)
octave:2> x = randn(100,1);
octave:3> y = randn(100,1);
error: floating point exception -- trying to return to prompt

octave:3> 

Changing arguments to randn doesn't change anything.  This is not the only time 
I get such exceptions but this is the only way I can get them predictably.

I suspect this is only a problem with DEC machines but can anyone verify this?

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Heber K. Farnsworth      	phone: (614) 292-3092          
Assistant Professor of Finance    FAX: (614) 292-2418
Fisher College of Business
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