Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 11:40:03PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 02:24:35PM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote: >> > (amd64 is only faster in 64-bit mode because of all the poorly >> > designed x86 32-bit instruction set.) >> >> "x86 32-bit instruction set" and "designed" in one sentence? Hah. > > How about the fact it has more registers available in 64bit mode. > People always said the x86 didn't have enough registers after all. > Using sse for floating point rather than the awful stack based x87 > probably helps too. > > Len Sorensen
Exactly. Isn't the x86_64 instruction set basicaly the same as ia32 just with a few extra opcodes and more registers? Any general fault in the instruction set should still remain. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]