Marius Mauch <genone@g.o> posted
20081010000500.b405d25b.genone@g.o, excerpted below, on Fri, 10
Oct 2008 00:05:00 +0200:
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:11:01 +0200
> Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote:
>
>> amd64-linux
>> x64-openbsd
>> x64-solaris
>
> Is there a special reason why you're using "x64" instead of "amd64" in
> those cases? (IMO x64 is the most stupid name for the x86_64
> architecture)
AFAIK, that's not amd64/x86_64, but rather ia64, aka itanic aka itanium.
At least, that's how I'd interpret them since I've seen that abbreviation
made before, particularly since there's already amd64 in context.
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