Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael S Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,openwatcom.users.c_cpp,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: 16:32 far pointers in OpenWatcom C/C++ Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 11:15:01 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: <20251109111501.00000fcd@yahoo.com> References: <10eda8d$3pd45$1@dont-email.me> <10el4gt$2cb$1@reader2.panix.com> <7r6sgktd4p0ae1e3p97hc7h89nloaldbrj@4ax.com> <10el9tb$9l6$1@reader2.panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:15:03 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="29610ecfa2948e5357d035c9ddf9b948"; logging-data="3332692"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/JCa7iTCFVEEXvlgi7oDahCwsaiZQlI5w=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:zRyETDlh4yp0UxI5z6bJBsjEDAY= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.1 (GTK 3.24.49; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:232090 openwatcom.users.c_cpp:3682 comp.lang.c:395167 On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 17:22:51 -0000 (UTC) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote: > the architecture. Meanwhile, a bunch of ex-DEC people went to > AMD and did the AMD64 extensions for x86, which a) performed Do you have a proof that it was done by Ex-DEC people? My impression is that Ex-DEC people, esp. Jim Keller, were very important as micro-architects of K7 and K8, but I don't remember ever reading that they played major role in the stage of architectural definitions of AMD64.