Re: [newbie] Floating point

["Jack J. Woehr" <jwoehr@attglobal.net>]

Theo de Raadt wrote:

> There are many reasons to not permit FP in the kernel.
> 
> Numerous reasons.

	Ooh! A brain teaser. Let's see:

	- Indeterminate execution time of calculations
	- Extreme niche complexity of FP math not the domain of kernel hackers
	- Inability to handle FP exceptions meaningfully in kernel
	- Exponentially increased Murphyite chance for div-by-0 in kernel

How's my score? Which ones have I missed? :-)

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