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Re:Linus Torvalds on Why ARM Won't Win the Server Space by pcwalton on Friday February 22, 2019 @04:25PM (#19229248)
> I’ve certainly heard of bugs that the simulator doesn’t reproduce because it’s not ARM.

And that isn't enough to get people to demand an ARM emulator. In fact, Android developers hate the ARM emulator and prefer the x86 simulator—more evidence against Linus' assertion.

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Re:Linus Torvalds on Why ARM Won't Win the Server Space by Androider on Friday February 22, 2019 @04:49PM (#19229435)
Hi, I've done Android development professionally for many years, over multiple apps. I don't know anyone who uses the x86 simulator for anything except out of curiosity to check it out every couple of years if it's still completely worthless. Android developers develop with an ARM phone attached by USB, and it's still an abysmal experience compared to iOS.
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