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NAME
     fptrap - floating point interpreter

SYNOPSIS
     sys     signal; 4; fptrap

DESCRIPTION
     Fptrap is a simulator of the 11/45 FP11-B floating point
     unit.  It works by intercepting illegal instruction traps
     and decoding and executing the floating point operation
     codes.

FILES
     In systems with real floating point, there is a fake routine
     in /lib/liba.a with this name; when simulation is desired,
     the real version should be put in liba.a

DIAGNOSTICS
     A break point trap is given when a real illegal instruction
     trap occurs.

SEE ALSO
     signal (II), cc (I) (`-f' option)

BUGS
     Rounding mode is not interpreted.  It's slow.

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