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From: Brian D Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
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Subject: Re: Floating Point-The Results Are In!
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Ed G. wrote:

> > I'll believe this when you pinpoint the instructions.
> 
> Your skepticism spurred me to examine a Unix utility in depth to see 
> whether my results hold up.  They do.

Is it possible that you're mistakenly disassembling embedded data as if it
were code?  And perhaps that those data items contain arrangements of byte
values which translate to FP instructions?

-brian.
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