Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I can totally accept that 486 in particular is pretty much dead, but unless there's some specific advantage that can be only be gained by breaking 486 support, I see no reason for "It supports 486" to be something worth whining about.
The compiler does a pretty good job scheduling Pentium instructions for the U-V pipe. I had thought that was hopelessly obsolete, but then along came the Intel Atom where, guess what, doing Pentium scheduling is a big win!
