From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00E01381F4 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 343A621C084; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:16:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFFEC21C084 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:15:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j5so1285783bkw.40 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:15:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=fPFIuey6nt92t+z+m6exT+pV0zCE3esw94GtxE6sMMI=; b=BqFcF+H14/lR2UGr8L12S7Advkdh5oIdMnL1HE0kmrvkg4IfLonbsbg6YElOukNFGt nCgw1AyodAvXs9OX7zbJ2kF3TPAMIvx5OmtAzLEB0HPR+9NySF9I/7gfCqPllWPNanTU StAexUmahOI6caL24BjgJvjGgzfmtHV9ZLzv8z7TxekG8CkdUtrnfp/H1nel4Sh+eOZ4 V9F1Itz9ClIDVeUTHRs8HSlqFDu3krFzTsQ5KxB1wBTFbdkX9EBI/Imsd2FepEW7H+1L UP86HZb2CqszCcs0nAg0l4VuV3ord0FcuNUpM+/MqbwV+Q9ivX28bg7y4rQfI/+BcAiG Ba3A== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.147.78 with SMTP id k14mr4850044bkv.7.1355166939401; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.26.137 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:15:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1372428.YfDgYWYQ2y@localhost> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:15:39 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Will ARM take over the world? From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 0d180d98-d344-4cf1-8d0d-7018cf8ab071 X-Archives-Hash: 4cbaf7e375294d821220f14f2ed2969d On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-12-10, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012, 19:25:55 schrieb Grant: >> >>> It seems like ARM processors will destroy x86 before too long. Does anyone >>> think this won't happen? >> >> no >> >> two reasons: >> >> not enough power >> does not run x86 software >> >> the second one is a real deal breaker. > > Only until somebody invents some sort of scheme where you can write a > program using a source language that isn't tied directly to the > processor architecture. Then you'd be able to build programs (or even > OS kernels) so that they'd run on a variety of CPU architectures! You speak in jest, but this is now the case for most of the applications people use... Even for legacy binaries, the solution has trended towards sticking the thing in a VM and accessing it over the network. -- :wq