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> From: Warp [mailto:war### [at] tagpovrayorg]
>   And as long as the OS is run on a system with FPU and with programs
> using
> the FPU, the OS cannot drop support. It's that simple.

Minor nitpick... it's not about dropping the FPU, because it's the same
FPU that runs x87 as well as SSE/2/3/4.  They're the same transistors.

What's being deprecated is the instruction set, not the component of the
CPU.

...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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