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Blink 1.0 - Userspace virtual machine that can emulate x86-64-linux binaries on any POSIX platform

Posted by skybrian
Tags: linux, emulation, blink
https://github.com/jart/blink/releases/tag/1.0.0

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Release Blink 1.0 ยท jart/blink
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jart
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3 comments

  1. [3]
    Promonk
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    What's x86-64? Is that like amd64? ;)

    What's x86-64? Is that like amd64? ;)

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      skybrian
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      I don't know of a difference. I just copied it from the release notes.

      I don't know of a difference. I just copied it from the release notes.

      2 votes
      1. Promonk
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        It was a joke. AMD developed the instruction set for 64-bit processors based on Intel's x86 instruction set, and called it amd64. Intel, in their very adult and super dignified way, insisted that...

        It was a joke. AMD developed the instruction set for 64-bit processors based on Intel's x86 instruction set, and called it amd64. Intel, in their very adult and super dignified way, insisted that Microsoft refer to the instruction set that AMD developed as "x86_64." The Linux kernel still refers to it by the name its developers gave it, which is why you'll see references to "amd64" in all that gobbledygook that scrolls past during updates and such.

        3 votes