On Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:38:04 PM Ben Jackson did opine:

> On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 11:23:47AM +0200, andy pugh wrote:
> > It is servo-thread only as it uses floating-point. I am not entirely
> > sure why.
> 
> Aha, that's why I added the laser-thread in my HAL:  A base-period
> thread with FP allowed.  On a modern CPU it's no big deal.

I wonder if that is a hangover from when most computers needed a floating 
point chip installed?

Cheers, Gene
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