15 Feb
2001
15 Feb
'01
3 a.m.
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Gene Buckle wrote:
I can't attest as to why the FPU is required, but
the animation you see
when doing a file copy is just a very small, looped AVI file. No
"trajectory" calculation is going on at all.
Once again, we were JOKING about that animation as:
a) producing animation for every bit
b) calculating positions for the animation
c) using float for the calculations
d) being THE reason why 98 "needs" a FPU.
all exaggerations, and presumably NOT valid.
But John has pointed out that the REAL reason why FPU is required is to
enable "Float", the dancing paper clip.
BTW, is any floating point required for the current Outlook (VTP) viruses?
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