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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!att-out!walter!qualcom.qualcomm.com!unix.ka9q.ampr.org!karn From: karn@unix.ka9q.ampr.org (Phil Karn) Subject: 386bsd math library replacement? Message-ID: <1993Jul8.101253.6441@qualcomm.com> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Nntp-Posting-Host: unix.ka9q.ampr.org Reply-To: karn@servo.qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 10:12:53 GMT Lines: 10 Is anyone working on a replacement for the (apparently) NET-2 derived math library in 386BSD? I noticed that there's precious little code that takes direct advantage of the FPU's special functions. Most of it appears written with portability to other IEEE 754 environments being more important than performance. Some functions actually break when you try to use the FPU's full capabilities (e.g., going to full extended double precision breaks the floor() function). Phil