Re: how to advocate new software/hardware features (Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms)

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From: Fergus James HENDERSON
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:56

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alan@sal.wisc.edu (Alan Watson) writes:

>If you are using a compiler which cannot recognize the fact that mixed
>64/32-bit instructions can be used in both of the cases I cited then
>BUY a better compiler.  

... or get one for FREE.

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Fergus Henderson             fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU      
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Subject: Re: how to advocate new software/hardware features (Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms)
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