On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 03:16:24PM -0400, George Woltman wrote:
> 2) This case results from the way my C compiler treats floating point NaN.
> NaN stands for not a number. If NaN is converted to an integer, the integer
> is zero. So if the FFT data is all NaNs, prime95 will report a prime. 

I expect this is a FAQ and apologize in advance, but in the age of
SSE2 integer instructions why is it still necessary to use floating
point calculations?
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