IEEE 754 defaults are for people who don't get deeply into numerical analysis and Cauchy sequences. Like, ostensibly, most FOSS maintainers. Or most people who write software in general.
There are people that do. HPC and the demoscene have numerous examples. Most of the people I met here are capable of reading gcc's manual and picking the optimizations they actually need. And they know how to debug this stuff.
If it's not obvious who gcc's defaults should cater to, then redefine human-friendly until it becomes obvious.
There are people that do. HPC and the demoscene have numerous examples. Most of the people I met here are capable of reading gcc's manual and picking the optimizations they actually need. And they know how to debug this stuff.
If it's not obvious who gcc's defaults should cater to, then redefine human-friendly until it becomes obvious.