Announcement: V8's x87 port is going away

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Jakob Kummerow

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Jun 30, 2017, 5:01:59 AM6/30/17
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Ever since V8's "ia32" port (for 32-bit x86 platforms) has started requiring SSE2 instruction support in 2014, there has been an "x87" port to allow V8 to continue to run on x86 hardware that does not support SSE2 instructions.

Due to a lack of stakeholders in the "x87" port, and the ongoing maintenance burden it creates for the team, we are planning to drop it from the V8 repository. (Note that the "ia32" port is unaffected and will continue to be actively developed.)

If you have any concerns about this deprecation, please speak up now. Otherwise the removal will happen in two weeks.

--Jakob

Jakob Kummerow

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Jul 18, 2017, 2:26:37 PM7/18/17
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