Re: [boost] Optimized portable isnan, isfinite, fpclassify etc

From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-08 05:15:45

Boris Gubenko wrote:

> With iVMS, we bit the bullet and made IEEE the default, although it
> also supports VAX FP modes.

Wait, I'm a bit confused. Are you telling me that the Itanium processor
supports the VAX FP modes?

Or is the VAX FP support done through software? Wouldn't that be very slow?

Am I missing something?

--Johan