From owner-freebsd-sparc Sat Aug 19 15: 6:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E66B37B42C; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:06:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13QGkc-0000F4-00; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 22:06:03 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA00621; Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:06:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:06:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Marius Bendiksen , "Robert S. Sciuk" , freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20000820000603.A551@freebie.demon.nl> References: <87663.966713907@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <87663.966713907@localhost>; from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com on Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 12:38:27PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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