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On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:16:10 +0000 (UTC) |
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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Marius Mauch <genone@g.o> posted |
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> 20081010000500.b405d25b.genone@g.o, excerpted below, on Fri, |
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> 10 Oct 2008 00:05:00 +0200: |
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> > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:11:01 +0200 |
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> > Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote: |
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> > |
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> >> amd64-linux |
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> >> x64-openbsd |
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> >> x64-solaris |
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> > |
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> > Is there a special reason why you're using "x64" instead of "amd64" |
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> > in those cases? (IMO x64 is the most stupid name for the x86_64 |
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> > architecture) |
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> AFAIK, that's not amd64/x86_64, but rather ia64, aka itanic aka |
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> itanium. At least, that's how I'd interpret them since I've seen that |
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> abbreviation made before, particularly since there's already amd64 in |
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> context. |
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No, x64 is the marketing name Microsoft made up for x86_64 (aka amd64, |
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ia32e and Intel 64), as "Windows for x86_64" doesn't sound that sexy, |
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and was later adopted by Sun and others. |
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ia64/Itanium doesn't have any other alias names AFAIK. |
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Marius |
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