[jsdl-wg] One Last Batch of Technical Queries

[Christopher Smith]

On 3/6/05 03:37, "Michel Drescher" <Michel.Drescher at uk.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> On 3 Jun 2005, at 11:22, Donal K. Fellows wrote:
> 
>> Processor Architectures (Table 4-2 in 4.2.2.1)
>>    Should 'x86' really be called 'ia32'? (I don't really care.)
> 
> 'x86' is no doubt the more common term - to be honest, only a small
> faint bell is ringing for ia32, and I am really not sure if this term
> really exists. All tools, programs and descriptions I know (i.e. the
> GNU tools collection) do all use x86 and ia64 to separate 32 bit and 64
> bit architectures.
> 
Should we also add the (ever so popular) x86_64 to the
ProcessorArchitectureEnumeration? ia64 really only describes Itanium.

-- Chris