Subj : X86S
To   : Spectre
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Apr 24 2024 09:46:08

  Re: X86S
  By: Spectre to Digital Man on Wed Apr 24 2024 12:09 pm

 Sp> Was going to point out as I started reading, the Itanium arrived first, I
 Sp> don't remember seeing it for anything other than server class hardware,
 Sp> and everything had to be re-written/compiled for it.  Where as AMD64 was
 Sp> more an extension for X32 and was backwardly compatible.

I know I'm just being pedantic, but the 32-bit mode is called x86, not x32.  I think the name comes from Intel's early processor, the 8086.

Nightfox
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