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Re:GNU Assembler Patches For Optimizing The Intel Jump Condi... by saagarjha on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:53AM (#21534977)
Why not “Intel Architecture 64-bit” to be clear? You can even shorten it to “IA-64”.
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Re:GNU Assembler Patches For Optimizing The Intel Jump Condi... by roblabla on Thursday November 14, 2019 @08:00AM (#21535019)
Unsure if this is a joke and I'm about to be wooshed, but for anyone who doesn't know:

Unfortunately, IA-64 is already taken for the itanium architecture. That's why the Intel Software Developer Manual names it IA32-E and not IA64. IA32 is x86, IA32-E is x86 Extended, or x86_64.

Thanks intel, I guess.

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Re:GNU Assembler Patches For Optimizing The Intel Jump Condi... by saagarjha on Thursday November 14, 2019 @08:02AM (#21535033)
It's a joke ;)
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