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Re: Reorganize -ffast-math code.
- To: torvalds at transmeta dot com
- Subject: Re: Reorganize -ffast-math code.
- From: Laurent Guerby <guerby at acm dot org>
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 20:46:38 +0100
- CC: lucier at math dot purdue dot edu, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0103081045390.26305-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
- Reply-to: guerby at acm dot org
Linus wrote:
> Well, we all knew the x87 was evil. Some day 15 years from now, we can
> only hope that we've left it behind us and nobody cares any more..
Don't we have the same problem with IA64? I read the beast spec a
while ago and seem to remember that some extended precision is still
there (82 bits or something, can't find where I put the manual...).
--
Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org>