Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Yuhong Bao <> | | Subject | RE: Happy birthday Linus! | | Date | Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:08:15 -0800 |
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> 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?
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