ARM first & default LDC

[Max Haughton]

On Thursday, 31 December 2020 at 01:14:51 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> On 12/30/2020 9:47 AM, Max Haughton wrote:
>> I was more thinking of how (say) cgsched.d seems to basically 
>> assume either a basic OoO or a pentium 5 UV pipeline.
>
> Not only does it seem to, it specifically was designed for the 
> Pentium and later the P6 architectures. However, scheduling is 
> not so important for modern CPUs. The scheduler can also be 
> simply turned off, it is totally optional.

Question answered then - it came it to mind because I was having 
a read while having a reading a microarchitecture textbook. 
(Apologies in advanced if it makes anyone feel old) I was curious 
as to what the industry (vs. textbook) approach was like at the 
time (I guess I would've been -5 years old when P6 hit the 
shelves).