On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 08:01:09PM +0100, Jeremy Sanders wrote:
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.
+1 ...
Rich.
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