From: Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] 5i floating point?
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 04:34:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120514043458.4f336a56@inari.ethans.dre.am> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aaa23046dee393cc06ffc80be0b0d0fc@coraid.com>
On Wed, 9 May 2012 12:36:06 -0400
erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:
> On Wed May 9 10:38:21 EDT 2012, cinap_lenrek@gmx.de wrote:
> > aiju wrote an arm emulator for 9front some time ago and
> > i remember he implemented floating point on it.
>
> why was it done this way rather than extending 5i?
my memory of the irc discussion over it is vague now, but i think 5e is
substantially different. patching 5i was considered, but i think it was
found wanting in more areas than just floating point.
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-09 14:22 Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-09 14:36 ` cinap_lenrek
2012-05-09 14:47 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-09 15:11 ` David du Colombier
2012-05-09 15:24 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-09 15:34 ` David du Colombier
2012-05-09 15:54 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-09 16:03 ` David du Colombier
2012-05-09 18:06 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-10 12:24 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-09 16:36 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-09 17:18 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-05-14 3:34 ` Ethan Grammatikidis [this message]
2012-05-14 8:12 ` Charles Forsyth
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2012-05-09 14:30 ` erik quanstrom
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