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29 Jul 2024 08:10:56 EDT (-0400)
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From: Warp
Date: 1 Jan 2009 06:00:01
Message: <495ca231@news.povray.org>
clipka <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > > Yes, by not saving and restoring the x87 "register" stack when switching
> > > threads or making operating system calls. You need OS support for that.
> >
> >   That would be a rather broken OS.

> Not if this was part of the OS specification.

  So the hardware would be perfectly able to run the software, but the
OS deliberately stops the software from being run if it uses the FPU.
And this makes sense?

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                                                          - Warp


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