On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 07:37:15AM +0200, Leif Neland wrote:
> From: "Sergey Babkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Anothing interesting point is that the optimisation for IA-64
> > seems to be highly processor-specific: the code optimized for
> > Itanium won't be optimal for McKinley and vice versa. I've heard
> > an estimation of about 1.5 times speed increase due to the
> > model-specific optimisation.
> >
> Perhaps commercial software will need to come in (encrypted)
> source and be compiled to the the current processor...
What else is .NET?
(OK, it's a bunch of other stuff too, but processors like the
Itanium that introduce serious system specific performance
issues (like memory and cache latencies) are a very good reason
to persue dynamic recompilation technologies like HotSpot,
Dynamo, FX-86, Transmetta and .NET.)
--
Andrew
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