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From: tjk9747@acf3.UUCP (Tom Kessler)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: How does compiled code use the floa
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Date: Mon, 8-Dec-86 21:21:10 EST
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Another similar example is MVAXen (under ultrix)
which fault on instructions (like crc polyf and some of the other
silly ones) thus invoking software emulation.