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|    Re: Parsing timestamps?    |
|    05 Jul 25 16:24:37    |
      From: minforth@gmx.net              Am 05.07.2025 um 14:41 schrieb minforth:       > Am 05.07.2025 um 14:21 schrieb albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl:       >> I investigated the instruction set, and I found no way to detect       >> if the 8 registers stack is full.       >> This would offer the possibility to spill registers to memory only       >> if it is needed.       >>       >       > IIRC signaling and handling fp-stack overflow is not an easy task.       > At most, the computer would crash.       > IOW, spilling makes sense.              A deep dive into the manual              .. the C1 condition code flag is used for a variety of functions.       When both the IE and SF flags in the x87 FPU status word are set,       indicating a stack overflow or underflow exception (#IS), the C1       flag distinguishes between overflow (C1=1) and underflow (C1=0).              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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