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Re: what optimizations are invalid in java?
- From: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar)
- To: aph at cambridge dot redhat dot com, dewar at gnat dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, java at gcc dot gnu dot org, jh at suse dot cz, tromey at redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 21:34:16 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: what optimizations are invalid in java?
> No, the x86 generates a trap for all divide overflows.
If you had access to the errata sheet for one of the chips in common
use, you might not be nearly so confident that implementations of the
x86 architecture meet the specs. I personally know of many counter
examples :-(