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We propose three modes of floating point
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strictfp: Reproducible results as is now default
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default: Exploit natural hardware (extended exponent in Intel and fused multiply add)
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associatefp: Allow conventional compiler optimizations
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with new Intel algorithm, strictfp will be a little more than 2 times slower than default; associatefp gains will be algorithm dependent (regular problems will have greatest gain)
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Less important are following niceties:
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indigenous keyword specifies maximum precision format supported by hardware
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anonymous {float, double, indigenous} specifies floating point format to be used in calculating expressions
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C used to always use double internally
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