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Box86 exists though. They don’t need fat binaries, they only need x86 emulation. Many x86 patents have also expired or will expire soon, so the set of instructi
by ryacko 7y ago
Box86 exists though. They don’t need fat binaries, they only need x86 emulation. Many x86 patents have also expired or will expire soon, so the set of instructions that need to be emulated is reduced.
- toast0 7y agoEmulation works as a transition layer, and they've done it before (see Rosetta from ppc->x86 and the 68k emulator from when they switched to ppc), but native binaries will be significantly faster and more energy efficient.
- ryacko 7y agoNative binaries using the latest stable libraries with the latest compiler optimizations will always be faster and more energy efficient. Even the Xbox had backwards compatibility across ISAs. Somehow I doubt people will care that much about efficiency.
- Narishma 7y agoThey will care on a laptop with a battery.