Re: Lisp reader syntax and bootstrap

[Po Lu]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Floating point operations are regarded as optional (but conventional)
> extensions by RISC-V.

Right, though somehow I doubt compilers will choose to implement
non-IEEE floating point support for that particular CPU, at least by
default.

Being thorough about portability is simply good future proofing.
I don't anticipate any new non-IEEE machines entering general use in the
short term.