Bill Nottingham wrote:
- Faster and more consistent FP math by using SSE2 registers
- Allows for autovectorization by GCC where necessary
- More clearly delineates our support set of targets, sticking true
to forwards innovation, not necessarily legacy support
Why not leave it be and suggest people move to the less brain dead x86-64
instead? Innovation and legacy support.
The slower x86 is, the more motivation there is to move to x86-64.
Jeremy
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