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Article #623206Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures
From: Quadibloc
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:36
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:36
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It is true that today we have just-in-time compilation techniques that reduce the overhead of simulating other architectures in software. It's not true that they're 100% efficient or 100% guaranteed to work perfectly with every piece of existing shrink-wrapped software. Which is the reason almost nobody would want to bother with a computer with a different CPU.
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