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1. niconiconi (niconiconi@cybre.space)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-2022 07:57:50 UTC niconiconi

   If the x86 architecture is so good how comes there's no x87?

   Oh, wait...

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   • ‮Andrew Cassidy (cinebox@cybre.space)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-2022 16:59:44 UTC ‮Andrew Cassidy

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     @niconiconi Ive considered extending x87 just enough that it can work as a standalone ISA. All pointers are floats.

   • niconiconi (niconiconi@cybre.space)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-2022 16:59:44 UTC niconiconi

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     • ‮Andrew Cassidy

     @cinebox Instead of a throwing a plain NULL pointer, now you can put a custom error code in NaN at the same time!

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   • Thomas (tfb@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-2022 16:59:46 UTC Thomas

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     • ‮Andrew Cassidy

     @niconiconi @cinebox Starting to write a paper now, "What Every Programmer Should Know About Floating Pointer Arithmetic"

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