core.cpuid

[Chante]

"Andrew Wiley" <wiley.andrew.j at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.591.1319951129.24802.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Chante <udontspamme at never.will.u> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Manu" <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:mailman.586.1319935753.24802.digitalmars-d at 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.