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		vetinari on Sept 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla has defeated Microsoft’s default browser p... > In other words: it's still very much a special case, and if the question was "can I just use FP in the kernel" then the answer is still a resounding NO, since other architectures may not support it AT ALL. Linus Torvalds, Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:12:34 GMT

pseudalopex on Sept 25, 2021 [–]

A mailing list message isn't documentation. And that isn't the same as saying no one should use it ever. Especially in context.[1]

[1] https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/kernel_fp.html

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