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How to handle floating point errors

Linux
Solaris 10
Mac OS X 10.5

Use the C99 floating point exception functions.

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Either use the C99 floating point exception function or structured exception handling through _fpieee_flt [[MSDN

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VOID FLP02-A. Understand the caveats of floating point exceptions      05. Floating Point (FLP)       FLP04-A. Consider avoiding floating point numbers when precise computation is needed