On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1...@student.uu.se> wrote: >> There is nothing which stops them from using -march=i386. It just may not >> be the default. > > That argument cuts both ways you know. There is nothing stopping > people with the latest CPUs from using -march= to get code optimised > for their hardware. It just may not be the default.
Which brings us back to the discussion of satisfying the needs of a tiny minority while hurting the vast majority of users. I prefer to satisfy the need of the majority. Ciao! Steven
