Re: Is a Raptor Blackbird (or other Power machine) a good general-purpose desktop?
On Thursday, March 23, 2023, Linux User #330250 <linuxuser330250@gmx.net> wrote:
> I also see BE disappearing from lots and lots of software. My assumption
> is that it simply isn't viable anymore, as most users and developers
> have moved on.
except in Japan, India, China, and anywhere else in the world
where the main CPU directly memory-map accesses the Peripheral
Bus (Industrial Control), and router hardware used literally
everywhere in the entire world because IP Protocol network-order
*IS* big-endian.
you have fallen as have the very software communities you
quote into the trap of assuming "desktop [and HPC]" === "ALL
software worldwide".
because java. because _javascript_.
if anyone tried proposing on openwrt mailing lists that they
should convert to using _javascript_ for all source code there
would be nobody to reply because they would all be in shock
and disbelief. [openwrt runs on systems with clock rates between 60 mhz and 600 mhz approx. JS would punish that with a 10x
slowdown]
i am exaggerating to get the point across but you get the general
gist i am sure, that there exists a real serious problem
inherent in the "Bazaar" model that we have all *assumed* to
be inviolate and 100% successful in all circumstances.
unfortunately it is not, and the loss of BE support because
"why would desktop need it??" illustrates that perfectly.
talk to anyone doing network-centric distros and they will
not be happy, explaining in great detail how performance and
critical latency are really severely impacted on LE-centric
hardware.
there are even companies doing custom FPGA Products to
bi-directionally *REORDER* IP protocol Packets
"because bloody Intel bloody LE"!
l.
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