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Article #623207Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures
From: J. Clarke
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:14
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:14
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 03:36:01 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: >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. They're a lot less than 100% efficient--everybody is releasing "metal" compilers that run on the native architecture rather than an emulation layer.
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