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From: | "Matthew" <104522 DOT 404 AT compuserve DOT invalid> |
Subject: | Re: WARNING: DOS is about to die. |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
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Date: | Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:50:02 GMT |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
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Micro$oft rewrote Windoze NT and it still turned out to be a dog... -- Replace the .invalid with .com to reply via e-mail Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> wrote in article <37D46EBF DOT 22AAC1C4 AT hmc DOT edu>... > Endlisnis wrote: > > Word from Microsoft is that they will not be able to get > > a 64-bit version of Windows out until ~2003, and it will be a complete re-write > > (because of the large penalty for executing 32-bit code on the Merced > > processor). > > "Complete rewrite" sounds unlikely to me. There is already NT for the > Alpha, and I doubt it was a complete rewrite. > > The 32-bit code can be got rid of just by recompiling, and I doubt the > architecture differences require *that* much work. But I suppose it's > possible that Microsoft's code is so screwed up that it really is > necessary...
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