[desktop-discuss] Re: SuSE Enterprise Desktop 10 reviews

[Gerald Henriksen]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:41:00 +0100, you wrote:

>On 7/13/06, Gerald Henriksen <ghenriks at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Despite what some people believe compiling code for a particular
>> version of the x86 cpu line doesn't offer a noticable improvement.
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>Well that's not entirely true - compiling for amd64 can show a very
>significant boost. Which raises the question - why don't we compile

But amd64/x64 is not the same as x86

Which is why Linux and Windows have both gone to a separate product
for the x64 processor because the changes are significant enough to
justify/require native x64 binaries.