64-bit and SSE

[Nick Sabalausky]

"retard" <re at tard.com.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:49:02 +0000, dsimcha wrote:
>
>> Given that Walter has indicated that 64-bit support is on the agenda for
>> after D2 is finished and x87 is deprecated in 64-bit mode, will we also
>> see SSE(2) support in DMD in the relatively near future?  If so, will it
>> be exposed as a compiler option even when compiling in 32-bit mode?
>>
>> I've realized that this is kind of important for me since Intel
>> deprecated x87 on its Core 2 and Pentium 4 chips, meaning any old school
>> floating point code runs painfully slow compared to, say, an AMD chip
>> that still has a decent x87.
>
> SSE(2) ? Don't people already use SSE 4.2 and prepare for AVX?

Yes. The ones who enjoy arbitrarily shrinking their potential user base.