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		cozzyd on Aug 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCC x86 Performance Hints (2012) It's also possible someone may prefer the 80-bit intermediate precision of the x87 registers. I guess.

jcranmer on Aug 21, 2020 [–]

long double in either x87 or SSE mode will force the use of 80-bit fp values.

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