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Re: Should java be enabled for non-IEEE FP architectures?
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, matt at 3am-software dot com
- Date: 30 Aug 2002 10:26:23 -0600
- Subject: Re: Should java be enabled for non-IEEE FP architectures?
- References: <20020830082422.76224F2D6D@nile.gnat.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> writes:
Robert> AFter all nearly all Java implementations on the x86 cheat and
Robert> do not use exactly the right fpt model (it is too expensive to
Robert> do so :-)
Java was redefined so that this is no longer considered cheating.
Post-1.2 an implementation is only required to implement the exact
semantics in `strictfp' classes and constant expressions.
We don't really implement strictfp yet.
Tom