std.math performance (SSE vs. real)

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 06/29/2014 02:42 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/28/2014 6:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> The only problem is/would be when the language forces one choice over
>> the other.
>> Both options of maximum performance and maximum precision should be
>> handily
>> accessible to D users.
>
>
> That's a much more reasonable position than "we should abandon 80 bit
> reals".

If that is what you were arguing against, I don't think this was 
actually suggested.