Using DMD2 on Ubuntu 9.04 x64?

Jesse Phillips jessekphillips+D at gmail.com
Wed Feb 3 07:20:54 PST 2010


Don wrote:

> Jesse Phillips wrote:
>> 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."
>
> Yes, but EM64T _was_ AMD64. That part of your post was wrong. It was 
> Itanium they dropped.


Ok, I'll admit that I thought it was called ia-64 but couldn't find a
reference to it so grabbed EM64T because it looked close. I
guess what I was thinking of was ia-32e though.



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