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FPP_$SP_INFINITY                  Domain/OS                   FPP_$SP_INFINITY


NAME
     fpp_$sp_infinity - return single-precision infinity

SYNOPSIS (C)
     #include <apollo/base.h>
     #include <apollo/fpp.h>

     float fpp_$sp_infinity(void)

SYNOPSIS (Pascal)
     %include '/sys/ins/base.ins.pas';
     %include '/sys/ins/fpp.ins.pas';

     function fpp_$sp_infinity: real;

SYNOPSIS (FORTRAN)
     %include '/sys/ins/base.ins.ftn'
     %include '/sys/ins/fpp.ins.ftn'

           real*4 infinity

           infinity = fpp_$sp_infinity()

DESCRIPTION
     Fpp_$sp_infinity returns the single-precision floating-point representa-
     tion of the infinity of IEEE-754.  Naturally, it is most useful on
     machines that support IEEE-754.

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