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It wouldn't matter. I still would not buy an i386, compile my programs in 32-bit mode instead of 64-bit, nor use the i386 ISA as a model when designing a new IS
by mbitsnbites 4y ago
It wouldn't matter. I still would not buy an i386, compile my programs in 32-bit mode instead of 64-bit, nor use the i386 ISA as a model when designing a new ISA.
Same thing with 6502, Z80, Vax, etc.
What matters is performance, and i386 code does not give as good performance as x86_64 code or modern RISC code (it doesn't have as many GPRs etc so it can't).