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by lunarscape 5050 days ago
Honest question since I'm confused about terminology: Why is ARMv8 described in places as "backwards compatibility for existing 32-bit software" when some existing instructions will be removed in AArch64?
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Symmetry 5050 days ago
Because the ARM front end is so simple, it isn't hard to have multiple ones. One of these will be able to run existing 32-bit software.
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