Processor-specific code

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2005-04-17 19:34:40 -0700, Brooks Moses wrote:
> Yes, the standard refers to changing the rounding mode "if the processor
> supports [it]" -- but consider what the standard means by "processor":
> "The combination of a computing system and the means by which programs
> are transformed for use on that computing system is called a processor
> in this standard." This very clearly includes the compiler, not just the
> hardware.

Cannot other languages call functions written in Fortran? If one can
do that, what if some Fortran function inherits a FPU state different
from the default one (e.g. in the rounding mode to zero)?

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