On 1/24/07, Brandon Stout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Joshua, the one who said "AMD 64 or true 64?" says this:
> "dataw0lf (Joshua Simpson) proudly takes that position, and you can
> speak with him at your leisure on IRC. However, he was responding on
> the UPHPU post, and since he isn't subscribed to PLUG anymore, he
> declines to respond in detail here. However, he refutes the assertion
> that he is a "numbnuts", in point of fact, his nuts are fairly sensitive."
You can find him on Freenode's #UPHPU, #UTAH, and probably other channels.
Thanks for the heads up. I assert that Joshua has no sensitivity down
there and hasn't a clue of what he's talking about. AMD64 is a TRUE
64-bit processor, the fact that it can also execute 32-bit
instructions (natively, there is no emulation), doesn't change a
thing. Does the fact that your P4 is capable of running a 16-bit DOS
app natively make it less of a 32-bit proc? The x86_64 instruction
set, is a true RISC-based, 64-bit, instruction set -- end of story.
As is happens, the sparc processor is also able to run both 32-bit and
64-bit instructions. This is a common design.
-Bryan
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