hehe. The reason to try and keep i386 compatibility is mainly for debian. Since they have their i386 repository. They do allow code which detects extensions like mmx at runtime. Of course other platforms don't have to use such old code. On 6/25/07, Charles Joseph Christie II <sonicbhoc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sunday 24 June 2007 07:49:41 pm Nick Moffitt wrote: > Charles Joseph Christie II: > > i386 is older than I am. Ok, maybe not, but it's pretty OLD. > > 1985, if my sources are correct. Of course, most Americans insist that > it showed up around five years later, when the cost of building PCs > around 80386 chips became reasonable. ...it IS older than I am. :P