Warp wrote:
> Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
>>>> Yes, but what use are instructions you won't be able to use in the future 
>>>> and your are already recommended not to use now?
>>>   As long as the hardware supports x87, I see absolutely no rational reason
>>> why an OS would drop support for 99% of programs just because it doesn't
>>> want the FPU to be used.
> 
>> Tell that Microsoft, Apple and the Linux community.
> 
>   Windows, MacOS X and Linux all fully support programs which use the FPU.
> If they wouldn't, at least 99% of programs would stop working.
> 
>   I still see no rational reason to deliberately and on purpose break
> 99% of programs. 

DO NOT ASK ME! They are going to do it, period! Is it really that difficult 
to understand? What the heck do you argue with me about the rationale behind 
*their* decisions?

	Thorsten

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