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> Still a black box. Unless everything is open—open language, open interpreter, open compiler—then it’s not open. Then literally nothing is open because no one
by Rayhem 5y ago
> Still a black box. Unless everything is open—open language, open interpreter, open compiler—then it’s not open.
Then literally nothing is open because no one is doing any significant computing on a fully-open hardware stack.
- leephillips 5y agoProbably true, but is it relevant? I think the crucial question would be: is there any reasonable chance that the hidden microcode, or whatever is closed at the hardware level, affects the results of a numerical calculation? Because the details of how a compiler translates source to machine code can affect those results.