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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
Date: 23 Jun 2025 19:42:36 GMT
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:43:35 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> (In my 50-year career, I can count the number of times I've used
> floating point on the fingers of one hand.  Yes, I do have an integer
> square root algorithm...)

Different strokes.  I can count the number of times I've used fixed point 
on the fingers of one hand.