From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: N8TM@aol.com To: pcg@goof.com, rth@cygnus.com, hjstein@bfr.co.il, toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl Cc: egcs@cygnus.com Subject: Re: FLOATING-POINT CONSISTENCY, -FFLOAT-STORE, AND X86 Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 14:26:00 -0000 Message-id: X-SW-Source: 1998-12/msg00772.html In a message dated 12/19/98 1:41:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, pcg@goof.com writes: << Maybe, but compared to what? Nobody so far has brought some alternative with the same (good) semantics. People wanting speed do not need to use xfmode spilling. >> If the xfmode spilling is an option, and aligned storage is available, I could see no objection.