Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:52:17 -0400 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Peeve: why "i386"? Message-ID: <20030605165217.A388@online.fr>
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Why do all the BSDs continue to refer to the 32 bit Intel architecture as i386 even when they typically won't even install on an i386 any more? Why not call it x86, or ia32, if not in the kernel config then at least in the release notes and documentation, as everyone else has been doing for years? I personally find "i386" ugly and antiquated-sounding; many people find it confusing and misleading. (Yes I know it's come up on the lists before. I haven't seen any good answers though, "for historical reasons" isn't a good answer.) R
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