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RE: FWD: FLOATING-POINT CONSISTENCY, -FFLOAT-STORE, AND X86


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>>Since my proposal is not likely to be implemented anytime
soon, I
suggest we try patching gcc to force programs to start in 64-bit
mode and otherwise not worry about it ("set once and forget") as
you've been proposing.<<

Can't this be made optional, either a flag which links the
modified startup, or a system function call?
Dr. Timothy C. Prince
Consulting Engineer
Solar Turbines, a Caterpillar Company
alternate e-mail: tprince@computer.org

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