To: DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
From: antony AT werple DOT mira DOT net DOT au (Antony Suter)
Subject: Re: more FPU woes...
Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 12:23:46 -0400
Reply-To: antony AT werple DOT mira DOT net DOT au
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>We've sort of been through this before, and I know that solution is
>to wait for Version 2 but...
>
>Why oh *why* does "make" use FPU instructions??? What are they needed for?
>This might make for ease of porting, but the result is that under
>a DPMI system [ Dos under OS/2 ] one cannot realisticly compile without a 
>coprocessor!
>
>			*sigh*
>
>				--Charles Hunter

I dont understand this.  I was given to believe that OS/2 will install
its own emulator library if your CPU has no FPU, so it will transparently
execute FPU instructions.

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