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> x86 is not my thing: I prefer efficient, well-designed machines code such as ARM shots fired
by nebulous1 7y ago
> x86 is not my thing: I prefer efficient, well-designed machines code such as ARM
shots fired
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoIn fairness, I've never known anyone to describe x86 as anything but... idiosyncratic. Its not terrible, and it goes hand in hand with decades of unbroken backwards compatibility, but it really isn't the most elegant thing.
- mikeash 7y agoThe original ARM is pretty wacky too. Not as wacky as x86, but not what I would call clean. Thankfully, unlike x86, ARM’s 64-bit ISA ditched the dumb parts and is very clean.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoIntel did try with Itanium, but... Well, decades of backwards compatibility, plus unfortunate design choices.
- mikeash 7y agoIt makes me sad to think of what we could have had if Intel had built a 64-bit CPU with a clean, straightforward ISA and a compatibility mode for x86-64, instead of the monstrosity that was Iranian.