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Replying to @lemire @stephentyrone @DanielMicay
It's for 32-bit x86 where x87 is part of the ABI and SSE2 is not in the baseline ISA.
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Yes. But does that thing exist in 2020. Can I buy a system that has x87 but not SSE?
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On eBay. Also Intel Quarks which are original i586 arch adapted for embedded.
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But even on modern, since return value has to be in x87 register, it's a tradeoff to use SSE (requires moving back and forth).
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Maybe we should all retire this crazy x86 stuff and move to 64-bit ARM. Just saying.
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I mean, building 64b on x86 fixes it too. Build 64b, there’s no reason not to.
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R and other scripting languages are seemingly built under Windows using mingw32. I am told that this is necessary because many systems only have 32-bit ODBC drivers so upgrading to 64-bit is impossible.
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I mean, ok, but they won’t run on 64b ARM either, right?
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So let say you are an R user and you get a nifty new ARM-based Microsoft Surface Pro X, can it run R? @eddelbuettel @worksonarm ?
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The answer is probably run the 32-bit version under emulation…?
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Replying to @lemire @stephentyrone @RichFelker @DanielMicay @worksonarm
I get lost between the chipsets but I like to look at the depth of build architectures at @Debian: something to behold. Picture from the "builder" page for my r-base package buildd.debian.org/status/pac… They were all built within ~2h of my #Rstats 4.0.2 (source) upload on Monday.

Jun 26, 2020 · 11:54 PM UTC
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