[jsdl-wg] One Last Batch of Technical Queries
Christopher Smith
csmith at platform.com
Fri Jun 3 12:10:45 CDT 2005
On 3/6/05 03:37, "Michel Drescher" <Michel.Drescher at uk.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> On 3 Jun 2005, at 11:22, Donal K. Fellows wrote:
>
>> Processor Architectures (Table 4-2 in 4.2.2.1)
>> Should 'x86' really be called 'ia32'? (I don't really care.)
>
> 'x86' is no doubt the more common term - to be honest, only a small
> faint bell is ringing for ia32, and I am really not sure if this term
> really exists. All tools, programs and descriptions I know (i.e. the
> GNU tools collection) do all use x86 and ia64 to separate 32 bit and 64
> bit architectures.
>
Should we also add the (ever so popular) x86_64 to the
ProcessorArchitectureEnumeration? ia64 really only describes Itanium.
-- Chris
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