Stephen P. Becker wrote:
The reason is actually simple: x86 is, or at least was, the reference architecture for almost all programmers.Witih amd64 becoming so widespread, this will change.
That's why I have another proposal: Let's merge x86 and amd64 keywords in about 10 years, when x86 died ;)
-- Simon Stelling Gentoo/AMD64 Operational Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list