clipka <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "x87 arithmetic is deprecated in 64-bit mode" - but not because it would
> be inferior, but simply because "the extent to which operating systems will
> continue to support x87 in the future is unknown."

  That's a really odd statement. I didn't know that the FPU or the x87
instruction set required OS support. (Can the OS even force programs to
not use x87 instructions if it wanted to? Even if it could, it would have
to be deliberate, and I can't really understand *why* it would want to
do that. It would certainly break like 99% of software out there, and for
what reason?)

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                                                          - Warp

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