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Re:C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) by endymi0n on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:56AM (#29711511)
Which layer is an embedded Lua script controlling execution of a Java program running on the JVM within Rosetta2 and then getting translated into ARM microcode within the M1 CPU?
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Re:C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) by astrange on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:59PM (#29716731)
M1 doesn’t have microcode; that’s an AMD/Intel implementation detail.
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