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Article #623233Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:18
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:18
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On 4/26/2018 6:49 PM, J. Clarke wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:05:20 -0500, Charles Richmond > <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: > >> On 4/25/2018 5:36 AM, Quadibloc 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. >>> >> >> Name one program sold by Microsoft that is "100% guaranteed to work >> perfectly". Seems to me this is a specious argument... > > Name one program sold by _anybody_ that is "100% guaranteed to work > pefectly". > So working perfectly is a red herring in both these regards... -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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