>> The real problem is how to make sure that it doesn't rot... > How much could it possibly rot? The major way I would foresee its rotting would be via -msoft-float. If my understanding that this would be the only way we'd run on FPUless x86, then this would be the only user of i386 -msoft-float.... > I mean, how much could such compile options get incompatibile with > possible source changes - asm()s using FPU instructions, is the first way that comes to mind. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse%rodents.montreal.qc.ca@localhost / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B