Using DMD2 on Ubuntu 9.04 x64?

[Jesse Phillips]

retard Wrote:

> > Intel 64 is AMD64. Intel dropped their 64-bit implementation, EM64T,
> > after AMD won.
> 
> That's bullshit, but I guess it doesn't matter, because most software 
> uses the compatible subset of both versions.
> 
> See:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Differences_between_AMD64_and_Intel_64

Yes, there are differences, but the fact remains that Intel had to develop its implementation to mimic AMD64[1].

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#History_of_Intel_64

"Intel found itself in the position of adopting the architecture which AMD had created as an extension to Intel's own x86 processor line."