Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:amigadave wrote:
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Jim wrote:
Then, when the shift to X64 occurs, we will remain the leading (forward thinking) OS in our community.
Hasn't work already begun to make MorphOS 64bit capable? I seem to remember something being written about certain parts of MorphOS being upgraded, so that they could take advantage of a shift to a 64bit operating system.
Maybe I am mistaken about what was written, and I can't remember what parts of MorphOS were mentioned in the forum message I can't quite remember.
I am not sure that such information should be made public.
It seems likely that any AMD64 porting work would take 64bit addressing into account.
And while 64 bit PPC addressing might HAVE to be the Holy Grail for OS4, if the ISA move occurs for us it doesn't HAVE to be part of our future.
There are a lot of different ways this can be addressed.
In that, we have an advantage.
Best to let the developers experiment as they will without making foolish commitments beforehand (like others).
From past experience, its a sure bet they will choose the best course.
"Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
