On 2012-12-10, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
I know. :)
And even if you stick with old-school compiled languages to C,
supporting multiple architectures isn't any more difficult than
supporting the plethora of x86-based motherboards and chipsets.
* Apple transitioned from 68K to PPC to x86 without much problem,
and they don't seem to have any problem getting software to run on
ARM devices.
* Linux is available for non x86 platforms. :)
Nobody has developed significant applications in assembly language for
decades, so I don't see why there's a requirement to "run x86
software"...
I use a couple of large, commerical Java apps under Linux and they
both work great. OTOH, some of the smaller "free" Java apps I've
tried were pretty bad...
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