Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
unsigned x = <seconds in the epoch>;
unsigned y = 0; // an error
if (x % y == 0)
...
I got a floating point exception. Peculiar?
No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGFPE"SIGFPE is the signal sent to computer programs that perform erroneous arithmetic operations on POSIX compliant platforms. ... Although SIGFPE does not necessarily involve floating-point arithmetic, there is no way to change its name without breaking backward compatibility."
