On Monday, 16 May 2016 at 12:37:58 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
This may not be true for too much longer-- both Intel and AMD are slowly phasing the x86 FPU out. I think Intel already announced a server chip that omits it entirely, though I can't find the corroborating link.7. 80 bit reals are there and they work. The support is mature, and is rarely worked on, i.e. it does not consume resources.
-Wyatt