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Date:      Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:45:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        alpha@freebsd.org
Cc:        gallatin@cs.duke.edu
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas!
Message-ID:  <200303181645.h2IGjcuG035185@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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In article <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>,
Andrew Gallatin  <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> wrote:
> 
> FWIW, I think -mieee should be on by default.  If anybody cared about
> speed, they'd use the compaq compiler or a P4.

I agree!  The lack of -mieee has nailed me on several occasions.
"Fast but broken" is a lousy default.

John
-- 
  John Polstra
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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