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Can floating point be used effectively with executor?



I am "slightly" confused about floating point operations on the Mac
and especially when the "Mac" is executor.

Is it correct that there are operating system calls to handle FP?

If so, are these handled by executor using the x87 processor?

Is there much involved for a developer in, say, Think C to switch
from using FPU instructions (which it seems ARDI consider a low
priority to emulate) to using OS calls?

Thanks for any info,
Liam Fitzpatrick
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Liam Fitzpatrick (lftzptrk@tcd.ie)
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