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I don't think I've read a more "doesn't actually know anything about how software is produced, but with absolute confidence knows everything about it" post in a

• hn_submit 2mo ago
  So you write software for a platform you know nothing about?
  • kjs3 2mo ago
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    • fluffybucktsnek 2mo ago
      Both of your post are actual ad hominem towards OP. In the first, you just said they didn't know how software is developed, without elaborating. With this in mind, their reply is less of an ad hominem and more of an inquiry. In the next, you accuse them of having a fragile ego and being a kid. Not very insightful.
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  • dmitrygr 2mo ago
    Very often. Yes. Or software that will run on any similar arch by auto detecting the environment.
  • Twirrim 2mo ago
    > So you write software for a platform you know nothing about? That's how a sizeable chunk of software is written and shipped. Runtime detection of CPU features is very much a thing, and is in fact used extensively in software you use or interact with every single day. Just as a quick example, OpenSSL's approach for x86_64 is OPENSSL_ia32cap https://docs.openssl.org/master/man3/OPENSSL_ia32cap/ https://docs.openssl.org/master/man3/OPENSSL_ia32cap/ This ensures (in theory, at least) that even if you're using your linux distribution's openssl library which is more generically targeted, you will get optimal/native runtime performance for your actual CPU.
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• imtringued 2mo ago
  If you knew anything about ASIPs you would know that you're complaining about yourself.