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ima!johnl    Nov 13 11:08:00 1984

[The question is why a Basic program that does floating point is no faster
with an 8087 installed than without.]

Basic doesn't use the 8087 floating point formats which suggests that it
does its floating point arithmetic in software whether or not an 8087 is
present.

That turns out to be a fairly common state of affairs.  Lotus 1-2-3 doesn't
use an 8087 either, although their floating point simulation is fast enough
that you don't mind so much.

John Levine, ima!johnl