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Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems




No stupid memory segmentation,

IMHO segmentation was a good idea originally.
You could have separate segments for code and data and since 286 it is possible to protect them (AFAIK segments were also used to separate user-space and kernel-space)
But with the advent of virtual memory (386), they have become an obsolete legacy.

Intel is full of such things: hardware context switching, some old MMX instructions, I/O ports, real mode: nobody needs all of that in 2021, but it exists and occupies place in "intel development manual"


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