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Re: rfc: replacing fp-bit with glibc's soft-fp implementation
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 12:04:54PM -0500, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> 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.
Rms is still pondering over the licenses, so I'm going to do as Earnshaw
suggested, and wait for the verdict before discussing technical details.
But if you post a link to tege's replacement, I'll take a look at it.
Aldy