-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Actually this is the whole core of the matter: Microsoft's > developers though they could save the task switch time by not > storing the fpu. > > However, later they discovered it was a huge security leak, > and added the fpu store code.
For what it's worth, it's not just Microsoft who says x87 is deprecated under 64bit: http://developer.amd.com/articles.jsp?id=9&num=4 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFHBO0XtgfmGfGfuPARAsfIAJwNdcoopi0UqTzdHxF8G4TvcHyabwCfaLV8 6gTaxhhH5tw3gjhHqPAZTMs= =P8vn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel