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Re: rfc: replacing fp-bit with glibc's soft-fp implementation

From: Jim Wilson <wilson at tuliptree dot org>
To: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at bitrange 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, 09 Mar 2003 15:19:22 -0500
Subject: Re: rfc: replacing fp-bit with glibc's soft-fp implementation
References: <50865A5B-4BA5-11D7-B49B-000393750C1E@redhat.com> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0303012129560.53475-100000@dair.pair.com>

Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:

Consider tege's fp-bit replacement posted some years(! 1999?)


July 15, 1999.  I saved a copy of it.
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/1999-07n/msg00553.html

It is smaller and faster and less buggy than fp-bit. I haven't looked at the glibc FP code, but I suspect it is bigger than Torbjorn's code, since Torbjorn's code doesn't try to handle exceptions. For speed and reliability, they are probably comparable.

Jim

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