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From: hp@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Holzer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Compiler comparisons (object code)
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Date: 14 Dec 90 22:11:12 GMT
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HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen) writes:

>do not write libraries to support 80x87, is is better to support this
>directly in the code generator.

To whoever proposed to write a library for the 387:
If you want to please a lot of people write a 387 emulator. Many 386-users
don't have a 387.

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