Re: DOS float still slow on 2.5b
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:51:54 -0800, Robert Craig
<guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
>That's a good point.
>
>I suppose if you translate/compile with DJGPP you'll
>get hardware f.p. I don't recall.
Aren't we talking about ex.exe here?
>
>> Are any Eu DOS programs today running on hardware without floating point?
>
>Probably a few, but a very tiny percentage.
<snip>
>It's extra overhead to have to build and test and distribute two
>versions of ex.exe and two versions of each Watcom/DOS
Crikey. Cut the umbilical cord and just state 2.5 needs hardware fp.
2.4 is still available isn't it?
>I'm thinking maybe translated programs (ec for Watcom/DOS) will use
>hardware f.p. (only). That's no extra overhead for me.
>If you need your code to run on ancient machines, the
>interpreter (or binder) will still do the job.
>(Or maybe it's those ancient machines that really *need*
>translated/compiled programs?)
If you haven't upgraded your hardware in 10 years, what do you need
new software for?
Is *anyone* here interested at all, or has any clients w/out hw fp,
and/or wants a 2.5 ex.exe with s/w fp?
Yours, confused,
Pete
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