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In a message dated 11/11/99 10:56:24 AM Pacific Standard Time,
idf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > Maybe you want to look at an Alpha, 64 bit, been around for years.
>
> Ahh, a real processor. In my previous company, we had well over 50 server
> type computers, everything from IBM's, HP's, Sun Ultras, SGI's, DELL Intel
> racks, and Decs. Of these, there was never a doubt by the Sysadmins and the
> developers what the fastest machine is: the DEC alphas run like a bat out
of
> hell.
>
> However, note that I say "Intel 64-bit processor" above. The reason is
> simple - I want to be able to run my software.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ivan
Well I sorta figured that! NT on Alpha has FX!32 which translates 32 bit code
to run on the Alpha. It has an optimizer so that the more times you run the
program, the faster it gets until it's nearly as fast as native code would be.
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