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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by mlacks on Saturday November 16, 2019 @12:47PM (#21553884)
The whole point of starting when you’re not ready, is to get tour foot in the door so you have something to improve upon.

Even if the emulation is slow and barely useable, it can and will be refined using modern tools and practices in the future.

Trying something out that is out of the norm is the the whole point of innovation. I’m super excited to see Microsoft’s progress in this space.

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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by blinkingled on Saturday November 16, 2019 @01:00PM (#21553957)
That's all hunky dory but no amount of software innovation is going to speed up running x64 code on ARM. Qualcomm would just need to build that into the CPU and at that point it is a circus.

So yeah I am cool with trying out things that have potential but something that has not upside and will never be good - because CS - I will justly call it stupid.

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