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Mac OS X Built For CISC, Not RISC

Posted by pudge on from the registers-are-made-to-be-used dept.

WCityMike writes "One of the programmers at Unsanity, maker of haxies, recently posted a rather shocking relevation on the company's weblog. He says that Mac OS X's Mach-O runtime ABI (Application Binary Interface) comes from a NeXTStep design for 68K processorts, and is not designed for the PowerPC architechture. Had they used the latter, things would have been approximately 10-12 percent faster. And supposedly, they can't fix it now without breaking all existing applications." The developer mentions there are workarounds in the newest GCC, but only for newly compiled programs.

6 of 82 comments (clear)

  1. Future by Zephy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe Apple Are Anticipating a Move to A CISC style processor in the future?

  2. Re:In Case Unsanity Gets /.ed by Ashran · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    KARMA WHORE ALERT TRIGGERED!

    Blöde Karma schlampe!

    Lameness filter suck my di.ck!

    --

    Before you email me, remember: "There is no god!"
  3. GASP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Macs are slow? I never knew!

  4. Re:In Case Unsanity Gets /.ed by mikedaisey · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Oh, get real. What the hell do I need Karma for, you ignorant dog-faced whore! I'm just trying to keep the damn article from vanishing, you poorly-bred, ill-begotten sh!t-mouthed bastard!

    Heh heh heh.

  5. Re:GCC 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    suck my hairy dick mac luser.

    looks like the mac is going to x86 arch to me.

    once again slob on my knob.

  6. Re:Some tweaking req'd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    >> Exactly. When Copeland comes out it's gonna be smokin'.

    That's COPLAND like the composer, you insensitive clod!!