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the problem is that hte platform is not well-understood. The design is convoluted and often not well-principled.
by Ar-Curunir 8y ago
the problem is that hte platform is not well-understood. The design is convoluted and often not well-principled.
- lvh 8y agoIt is not obvious to me that it's the design warts of x86_64 (wholeheartedly agreed--I don't like x86_64 either) are the cause of the security problems we're seeing. Other architectures also have speculative execution and multiple rings. It's a lot easier to avoid vulns that are a consequence of increased performance demands when performance is not the primary reason people pick your platform.