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On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:15:16 +0200 |
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Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote: |
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> > No, x64 is the marketing name Microsoft made up for x86_64 (aka |
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> > amd64, ia32e and Intel 64), as "Windows for x86_64" doesn't sound |
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> > that sexy, 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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> We simply found that: |
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> - amd64 is misleading |
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> - em64t would be more to the point for some? |
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> - x64 is what the vendors (Apple, Sun) advertise themselves |
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> - amd64 doesn't make any sense for a Mac |
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> - x64 is more like x86, whereas the complement of amd64 would more be |
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> i386 or ia32, but we wanted to avoid x86_64, x8664, so x64 |
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why? x86_64 is the proper name for the architecture. (includes amd64, |
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em64t, and via isaiah) |
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your bikeshed though, i guess. you can paint it whatever you want. ;) |
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