Why does we still need StrictMath?

[Andrew Haley]

On 5/8/22 13:44, Martin Desruisseaux wrote:
> Le 08/05/2022 à 14:15, Victor Williams Stafusa da Silva a écrit :
> 
>> Was that using Java 17+, which included JEP 306 delivered?
>>
> No, but my understanding is that JEP 306 does not apply to Math versus
> StrictMath behavior. In my understanding, the strictfp keyword was only
> about the use of extended exponent value set in Pentium 80 bits floating
> point values. It impacts the behavior of arithmetic operations + - * /,
> but my (maybe wrong) understanding is that it does not impact which
> processor instruction is used for implementing Math.sin, cos, etc.

You're right.

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