[OT] The Usual Arithmetic Confusions

[Walter Bright]

Unfortunately, I ran into a stumbling block. The current 80 bit "emulation" done 
for Microsoft compatibility doesn't support conversion of 80 bits to float or 
double.

I've been considering for a while writing my own 80 emulator to resolve these 
problems once and for all, but it's a bit of a project. It's not that hard, it 
just takes some careful attention to detail.

A search online showed no Boost compatible emulators, which kinda surprised me. 
After all these years, you'd think there would be one.