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FromYuhong Bao <>
SubjectRE: Happy birthday Linus!
DateWed, 30 Dec 2009 16:08:15 -0800

> Or rather, Intel designed it in a non-standard way, different from the
> way IBM implemented it later.
Nope, see this for more info on the history:
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Math_error_handling_on_x87
By coincidence, this year is the 25th anniversary of the IBM PC/AT, and 25th anniversary of the 80486. Funny, huh?

Yuhong Bao
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