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He explicitly said x86.
by kasperni 5y ago
He explicitly said x86.
- kergonath 5y agoThey did not; they just quoted a Wikipedia article on x86. But then, if you ignore everything but x86 the argument is much weaker, because technology did not stop and wait for Intel. It would not be that surprising if x86 ceases to be dominant in the future, at which point when the x86 became 64-bit is about as relevant as, say, the release of the PowerPC 620 (first 64-bit PPC chip, released in 1997).
- CalChris 5y agoThe post said "I think a better argument is to look at history" and then left out 12 years of history. x86_64 was on the trailing edge of that history.