Mobile is the new PC and AArch64 is the new x64

aberba karabutaworld at gmail.com
Mon Sep 10 19:28:01 UTC 2018


On Monday, 10 September 2018 at 16:09:41 UTC, rjframe wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:43:46 +0000, Joakim wrote:
>
>> Despite all this, D may never do very well on mobile or 
>> AArch64, even though I think it's well-suited for that market. 
>> But at the very least, you should be looking at mobile and 
>> AArch64, as they're taking over the computing market.
>
> I was talking with a local businessperson the other day who 
> noted that there are young people walking around right now that 
> never have (and likely never will) own a laptop.

That's exactly whats happening in Africa. The continent is 
leapfrogging from nothing to a smart phone thanks to China. Many 
don'[t know how to even use a PC. Especially the young and 
upcoming generation.

The smart phone market is really significant.


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