softfloat

English

Etymology

From soft (as in software) + float (as in floating-point number).

Adjective

softfloat (not comparable)

  1. (computing, programming) (especially of a platform) Does not have hardware implementations of floating-point numbers and require software implementations (soft floats) to use them.[1][2]
    Antonym: hardfloat

References

  1. ^ https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/platform-support.html?highlight=softfloat
  2. ^ https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/129893#issue-2501078138
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