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Old 02 March 2018, 15:48   #11
meynaf
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Originally Posted by JimDrew View Post
The Mac uses the FPU for doing virtually everything within it's OS... even odd things like calculating window slider positions.
I'm afraid it's not the only one doing this kind of thing :/


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Originally Posted by kolla View Post
Really? That is odd, considering all the Mac models with just 68LC040 CPU that did not have FPU. For software, there was SoftwareFPU, specifically a Mac product - http://download.cnet.com/SoftwareFPU...94_4-4107.html
Mac OS has software calls for floating-point. I guess these are called all the time, and use the FPU where available.
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