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That's because you're locked into the x86 paradigm. Look at the leaps and bounds Apple is making with performance/Watt by moving away from x86. This is the cost
by SuperscalarMeme 6y ago
That's because you're locked into the x86 paradigm. Look at the leaps and bounds Apple is making with performance/Watt by moving away from x86. This is the cost of legacy.
- posguy 6y agoArchitecture emulation like QEMU provides is commonly used, just a matter of how much investment is made into backwards compatibility by those who build your operating system/platform. Apple works hard to break backwards compatibility every few years, while other operating systems will happily run software from decades ago as they care and invest in not breaking userspace.
- yagya 6y agoApple really likes being on the bleeding edge of computers, and it often comes at the cost of older programs and features being killed off in that process.
- heavyset_go 6y agobinfmt_misc[1] would like to have a word with you. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc