Should java be enabled for non-IEEE FP architectures?

Tom Tromey tromey@redhat.com
Fri Aug 30 09:21:00 GMT 2002


>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> writes:

Robert> AFter all nearly all Java implementations on the x86 cheat and
Robert> do not use exactly the right fpt model (it is too expensive to
Robert> do so :-)

Java was redefined so that this is no longer considered cheating.
Post-1.2 an implementation is only required to implement the exact
semantics in `strictfp' classes and constant expressions.

We don't really implement strictfp yet.

Tom



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