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Why MaxDouble does not equal to MaxDouble?

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BrunoK:

--- Quote from: PascalDragon on October 07, 2024, 09:22:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: mtrsoft on October 05, 2024, 07:38:52 am ---3. One reason for sticking with 32-bit apps is that the Extended type and FPU are supported.

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Then you also shouldn't use non-x86 processors, because the x86 family is the only one that supports 80-bit floating point (well, m68k supports it as well, but it has a slightly different format).

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So you also should throw 80 bit float out or Linux x86_64 FPC.
Why dont you do it ?

PascalDragon:

--- Quote from: BrunoK on October 07, 2024, 09:50:55 pm ---Why dont you do it ?

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Simple: Backwards compatibility.

BrunoK:

--- Quote from: PascalDragon on October 07, 2024, 10:00:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: BrunoK on October 07, 2024, 09:50:55 pm ---Why dont you do it ?

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Simple: Backwards compatibility.

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Nice Joke.

MarkMLl:

--- Quote from: Zoran on October 06, 2024, 06:31:35 am ---Now this is really rude. >:(

Thaddy told you he remembers there were some instructions that might interest you.

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I suggest that "Go Forth and multiply", implying postfix notation, is not entirely in the spirit of a forum devoted to Pascal >:-)

MarkMLl

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