Re: Plan9 VM for Windows/Linux?

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Dan Cross wrote:

> >   Well, the word here is that the Hammer series are "IA-64" *only* if
> > you want it to be.  By jumper or switch on the mainboard, you'll be
> > able to choose x86 mode, or native RISC.
>
> Great, yet another mode bit.  Only this one has to be physically
> manipulated!
>
> >   See Doc drool....
>
> Because it's a dumb idea, right?

  Only if you're a fan of x86's "backward-compatible-forever"
philosophy.  I'm looking forward to seeing an AMD processor that isn't
saddled with all of Intel's cruft.
  Just out of curiosity, what do you have against running a CPU with its
own native instruction set?
  Oh, wait.  I'm sorry, my mistake.  It won't run *Windows* in native
mode.  Therefore, it *must* have been a stupid idea, right?

        Doc