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Micro$oft rewrote Windoze NT and it still turned out to be a dog...
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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...