On Fri, 16 May 2008, Lorenzo Paulatto wrote: LP> LP> On Thu, May 15, 2008 19:36, Eduardo Ariel Menendez Proupin wrote: LP> > the operating system has a strange architecture x86_64 (as given by the LP> > command uname -a), but the LP> LP> As far as I know, x86_64 is the standard name for 64bit architectures LP> AMD64 and Intel64 (not itanium).
there is no standard name for this. x86_64 is what the linux folks choose to represent it. AMD refers/referred to it as AMD64 and Intel as EM64t. cheers, axel. LP> LP> -- ======================================================================= Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey at cmm.chem.upenn.edu http://www.cmm.upenn.edu Center for Molecular Modeling -- University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemistry, 231 S.34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 tel: 1-215-898-1582, fax: 1-215-573-6233, office-tel: 1-215-898-5425 ======================================================================= If you make something idiot-proof, the universe creates a better idiot.
