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Re: [ping] Re: proper name of i386/x86-64/etc targets
- From: Michael Matz <matz at suse dot de>
- To: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>
- Cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>, Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>, Jan Hubicka <hubicka at ucw dot cz>, GCC Development <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:11:22 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: [ping] Re: proper name of i386/x86-64/etc targets
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Hi,
On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> > At least, IA-32 is clear, although IA-64 may be confusing :-). FWIW,
> > i386 is also vendor specific.
>
> Wikipedia agrees [1]:
I wouldn't use a wikipedia article that only cites sources from after 2008
(and most of them actually after the after-the-fact invention of "ia32")
for an architecture that exists since 1985 as sensible source for
supporting either point of view ;-) It totally lacks references to
config.guess which IMHO is a much better source of "how to call an
architecture" :)
Anyway, I've said the things I had to say, crouching back under my stone
:)
Ciao,
Michael.