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On 2012-12-10, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Grant Edwards |
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><grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 2012-12-10, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012, 19:25:55 schrieb Grant: |
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>>>> It seems like ARM processors will destroy x86 before too long. Does anyone |
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>>>> think this won't happen? |
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>>> no |
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>>> two reasons: |
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>>> not enough power |
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>>> does not run x86 software |
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>>> the second one is a real deal breaker. |
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>> Only until somebody invents some sort of scheme where you can write a |
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>> program using a source language that isn't tied directly to the |
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>> processor architecture. Then you'd be able to build programs (or even |
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>> OS kernels) so that they'd run on a variety of CPU architectures! |
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> You speak in jest, but this is now the case for most of the |
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> applications people use... |
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For an increasingly large segment of the population, the the |
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"software" they use is |
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1) A web browser to access stuff that runs on a server somewhere of |
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inderminate architecture (GMail, Salesforce, Facebook, Youtube, |
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miniclip, pinsta-whatever, etc.). |
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2) A collection of smartphone/tablet apps, most of which aren't even |
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available for x86. |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! What GOOD is a |
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at CARDBOARD suitcase ANYWAY? |
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gmail.com |