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From: Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: integer divided by zero
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:28:44 +0200
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Am 28.04.2025 um 13:15 schrieb Richard Damon:

> NO, not all processors have a trap for divide by zero on integers, and 
> many that do allow the disabling of that trap.

Windows requires processors that can trap divisions by zero, Unix also
since both OSes are able to catch that error; on Windows with SEH, on
Unix with signals. But with SEH that's more convenient.