GDC release 0.23

[Daniel Keep]

Anders F Björklund wrote:
>> ...
>> 
>> Seriously, the viability of D as a numeric computing platform is at
>> stake here.
> 
> Only on the PowerPC platform, though. Maybe on SPARC too, not sure.
> (it might have real 128-bit ?) But not on the DMD platform: Intel,
> there it will have full 80-bit support (even if not too portable).
> 
> --anders

Make that x86... I read somewhere a few days ago that there IS no 80-bit
real type on x86-64 machines; AMD basically went "80-bit?  Who the hell
uses that junk?  Just use SSE you pack of anachronistic pansies!" and
nuked the x87 in 64-bit code (you can still use it, but ONLY in 32-bit
code).

And of course, what does SSE use?  IEEE 32-bit or 64-bit floats.

Ugh.  On the bright side, at least float and double are pretty safe :P

	-- Daniel

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