std.math performance (SSE vs. real)

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/29/2014 2:04 PM, John Colvin wrote:
> Assuming there isn't one, then what is the point of having a type with hardware
> dependant precision?

The point is D is a systems programming language, and the D programmer should 
not be locked out of the hardware capabilities of the system he is running on.

D should not be constrained to be the least common denominator of all and future 
processors.