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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Woozy Song   
   Re: FRACTION() seems broken in gfortran    
   15 Aug 25 22:24:52   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:21:00 +0800, Woozy Song wrote:   
      
   > A program was going wrong, and found   
   > FRACTION(3.75)=0.9375 and FRACTION(2.5)=0.9375   
      
   Broken as designed, according to the spec.   
      
   Why on Earth does FRACTION have this meaning?   
      
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