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From: Rugxulo <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: GCC 2.6.3 and Cygnus' -mfpflaw patch
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:34:57 -0800 (PST)
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Hi,

On Dec 31, 1:01=A0pm, DJ Delorie <d DOT  DOT  DOT  AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> > Didn't DJ used to work for Cygnus?
>
> I still do, sort of, but that was before my time. =A0Might be related
> to the famous "pentium FDIV bug".

Any Pentiums from circa 1993 to 1995 would've been affected, IIRC.

> Might be more interesting to ask this question on the gcc list, not
> here - the people who wrote it still work on gcc.

Which list? Aren't there several? You really think they wouldn't flame
me to death for using (gasp) DOS *and* old GCCs *and* old hardware??
If you know where I should go, please point me in that
direction!    :-)