Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:06:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no>, "Robert S. Sciuk" <rob@controlq.com>, freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20000820000603.A551@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <87663.966713907@localhost>; from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com on Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 12:38:27PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10008192112200.43182-100000@login-1.eunet.no> <87663.966713907@localhost>
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On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 12:38:27PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > The Intel platform would seem to be dying, and we'd do well to port to > > better platforms. Our alpha code is ages cleaner than the x86 code, at > > least. But not nearly as optimised IMO. Or well tested. Getting a truly good compiler for alpha is just one of these things (Linux has the edge here with the CPQ compiler bits). > Heh. I'm not sure I'd share your conclusion that "The Intel platform > is dying" given the extreme growth and increased competition I've been > seeing in that marketplace; there are even x86 compatible chips which > are beginning to compete with the StrongARM in terms of price and > power consumption, and let's not forget our friends at Transmeta > driving the next generation of flat panel "Internet computing slates". -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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