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From: fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: floating point problem
Date: 1997/03/06
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Date: 1997-03-06T00:00:00+00:00
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geert@fozzie.sun3.iaf.nl (Geert Bosch) writes:

>Robert Dewar (dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu) wrote:
> ``GNAT does NOT support the x86 without coprocessor, so it will not work
>   on an SX unless you install a separate coprocessor.''
>
>Why do you think the OS/2 version of GNAT doesn't work on a x86 system
>without co-processor? 
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but the OS/2 version of GNAT should just
>work fine on any 80x86 with x >= 3, since OS/2 emulates the co-processor
>if it is not present. 

Same for Linux too, I believe.

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