"Andrew Wiley" <wiley.andre...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.591.1319951129.24802.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Chante <udontspa...@never.will.u> > wrote: > >> >> "Manu" <turkey...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:mailman.586.1319935753.24802.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... >> >> > What's the deal with core.cpuid? >> >> I think they just want the "mainstream" >> ("sheeple"/"followers"/"believers"/"90210_ers"/"younsters", etc.). If >> you >> don't fit into their petri-dish and aren't cog to add to their >> self-aggrandizement, they won't let you log in anymore. >> >> >> > There are a few things like this around, and if you look far enough > back, > it's quite simple why things like this happened. Originally, when D was > new, DMD essentially was the definition of D, x86 was the only real > architecture around, with x86_64 starting to come into play. Now we > have > more compilers, and x86/64 isn't looking quite like the monopoly it > used to > be, so this interface will probably need to change. > > There's no conspiracy here, it's just "what worked" back in the day, > and > either it's unused or unimportant such that no one has tried to update > it > thus far. Since this is in core, it's mostly Sean's territory, but I'm > sure > he'd welcome ideas. >
I didn't call you anything.
