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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:43:11 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org, alpha@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas!
Message-ID:  <3E76CE0F.8FAA6AE3@mindspring.com>
References:  <20030317161219.GA1429@sunbay.com> <200303150947.h2F9l5eQ028059@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030317164037.GB98100@sunbay.com> <20030318073019.GA10737@HAL9000.homeunix.com>

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David Schultz wrote:
> This is because floating point
> support on Alpha is broken unless you specifically tell gcc to
> unbreak it by specifying -mieee.

Sounds like the ability to turn "-mieee" off at all, let alone
making it the default, is bad?  If so, why is that the way it
is configured?

> I'm hoping there's a better solution than
> disabling support for NaNs in strtod().

Make "-mieee" on by default?

-- Terry

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