How come the tarball i downloaded from sun this morning with their newest java
in it was an ...i386.tar.gz then? Wouldn't you think they of all co's (except
of course Mandrakesoft) would be up to date on their optimization?
my .02 US
Vic wrote:
> the i386 means optimised for the old 386 intel-based
> cpu, the i486 is optimised for the old 486 cpu
> and the i586 is for the current pentium or AMD K6
> type cpu s The binary executables have
> instructions contained in the appropriate cpu.
>
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Donald Jr Saxton wrote:
> > Hello, All.
> >
> > Just a quick question...Please don't kill me.
> >
> > What does i386, i486, i586 refer to?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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