* Ben Kochie <ben at nerp.net> [001128 16:58]: > most distributions are 386, or 486 compiled. the Pentium 4 is little more > than the PPro architecutre, which the kernel optimizes just fine for.. the P4 is an attempt to get rid of x87. If you take a look of how shitty the new proc's x87 performance is compared to supposedly 'easy to implement' SSE2 commands, the performance is a large difference. I think Intel is trying to. uh. extend, and screw it for the sake of compatibility. Only time will tell if this will work for them. -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> #nicnac at efnet http://www.ringworld.org/ finger:dieman at destiny.ringworld.org "You never rest, Fight the battle of who could care less, Unearned unhappiness... You're my hero I confess." -Ben Folds Five Battle Of Who Could Care Less -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20001129/0d38e7f3/attachment.pgp