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The "Javascript instruction" is a bit of a misnomer. JS accidentally got part of the x86 execution model for float conversion baked into the spec. ARM added an
by hajile 5y ago
The "Javascript instruction" is a bit of a misnomer.
JS accidentally got part of the x86 execution model for float conversion baked into the spec. ARM added an instruction to mimic the old x86 one. It's potentially useful in some other contexts too.
- mmastrac 5y agoRegardless, FJCVTZS is still literally a "Javascript" instruction: "Floating-point Javascript Convert to Signed fixed-point, rounding toward Zero".