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Marius Mauch <genone@g.o> posted |
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20081010000500.b405d25b.genone@g.o, excerpted below, on Fri, 10 |
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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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>> amd64-linux |
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>> x64-openbsd |
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>> x64-solaris |
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> Is there a special reason why you're using "x64" instead of "amd64" in |
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> 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 itanium. |
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At least, that's how I'd interpret them since I've seen that abbreviation |
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made before, particularly since there's already amd64 in context. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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