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<p>I was looking through <a
href="https://github.com/ghc/ghc/blob/master/compiler/nativeGen/X86/Instr.hs#L71">compiler/nativeGen/X86/Instr.hs</a>
and it's pretty hard not to notice the (hilarious) diatribe about
the horror that is x87.</p>
<p>git log -p says this was apparently written in 2009 by
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Ben.Lippmeier@anu.edu.au">Ben.Lippmeier@anu.edu.au</a>
(92ee78e03c3670f56ebbbbfb0f67a00f9ea1305f).</p>
<p>Since this has survived in X86/ all this time I'm guessing this
is still an issue (another guess: we've gotten by because of
SSE?). Is there any interest in improving x87 code generation?
And if so, has anyone tried before?</p>
<p>According to the comment there seems to be room for improvement.
Sadly I don't think x87 is going away any time soon.<br>
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<p>-Thomas Jakway<br>
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