On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:06:36 +0000 (UTC) Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2012-12-10, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012, 19:25:55 schrieb Grant: > > > >> It seems like ARM processors will destroy x86 before too long. > >> Does anyone think this won't happen? > > > > no > > > > two reasons: > > > > not enough power > > does not run x86 software > > > > the second one is a real deal breaker. > > Only until somebody invents some sort of scheme where you can write a > program using a source language that isn't tied directly to the > processor architecture. Then you'd be able to build programs (or even > OS kernels) so that they'd run on a variety of CPU architectures! > We can do that *already* java perl python dotnet and any number of other languages compiled to bytecode. There's too many to list. Why have these languages not taken over the world seeing as they all a) exist b) exist now c) run now d) do what it says on the box e) run about as fast as C most of the time in places where it matters? Because in theory they do what they do well. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is a difference between theory and practice -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
