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by cyberge99 26 days ago
Who’s still on x86 in 2026?
2 comments

Who is not, X86_64 is an extension to X86. Same thing, no need to nitpick
Friendly reminder: Some nuclear silo facilities in the US still use 3,5" diskettes. Some highly complex system are by architecture, security issues or by incompetence still stuck in decades old tech. We as engineers oftentimes have to work with that, and keep the system running, if we like it or not.

You cannot refactor an battlecarrier designed in 1979 so easily ;)