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Re: What is acceptable for -ffast-math? (Was: associative law in combine)
- To: gdr at codesourcery dot com, torvalds at transmeta dot com
- Subject: Re: What is acceptable for -ffast-math? (Was: associative law in combine)
- From: dewar at gnat dot com
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 21:15:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: amylaar at redhat dot com, aoliva at redhat dot com, dewar at gnat dot com,gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, moshier at moshier dot ne dot mediaone dot net,tprince at computer dot org
[ Neither am I, of course, but I'm arguing for choice and freedom, while
you're arguing for small-mindedness everywhere. ]
Well that's not really the case. Because if your argument leads to
-ffast-math going overboard and going too far in giving what most people
regard as wrong results, then you HAVE taken away choice and freedom,
because -ffast-math is no longer usable for these people. That's why it
is perfectly reasonable to have a technical argument on a case by case
basis.
Trying to argue from a general ideological point of view (I favor freedom,
you do not, therfore you are wrong) is not particularly helpful in this
discussion.