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Re: rfc: replacing fp-bit with glibc's soft-fp implementation
- From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at bitrange dot com>
- To: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GCC Mailinglist <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>, Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:04:54 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: rfc: replacing fp-bit with glibc's soft-fp implementation
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Aldy Hernandez wrote:
> I've talked with this over with Geoff and Richard on and off over the
> past few months, and I've finally decided to give it a go. Before I
> sink any time into it, I'd like to get people's input, to make sure
> there are no objections.
Consider tege's fp-bit replacement posted some years(! 1999?)
ago that was said to be a substantial speed and conformance
improvement. (Nobody commented at the time.) If it's also
smaller than glibc:s implementation, it should be chosen
instead.
brgds, H-P