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vinceASPECT:
Hi,

is it possible to have the latest firefox inside TCL 32 bit........think it's about
version 64 now?

i also have another question...i see TCL does not specify that a cpu
must have SSE2 instruction sets...

486 is the cpu it starts at....

i wonder how computers of this type deal with applications that are compiled
with SSE2 or does non of this topic apply to linux archictectures?

V

Rich:
Hi vinceASPECT

--- Quote from: vinceASPECT on January 02, 2018, 08:58:13 PM ---is it possible to have the latest firefox inside TCL 32 bit........think it's about
version 64 now?
--- End quote ---
That's what  firefox_getLatest.tcz  is for.


--- Quote ---i also have another question...i see TCL does not specify that a cpu
must have SSE2 instruction sets...

486 is the cpu it starts at....

i wonder how computers of this type deal with applications that are compiled
with SSE2 or does non of this topic apply to linux archictectures?
--- End quote ---
They don't. If you try to run an SSE2 enabled application on a 486, it will give you an  "Illegal instruction"  message and exit.

vinceASPECT:
Right Rich,

thanks for replying fast.....


so while a 486 cpu with math coprocessor will
run TCL.....the repo for the version of TCL used would likely not show any extensions that the processor could not run......right

So any extension that was compiled with SSE2 would not show up
on  a TCL machine containing a lower grade CPU than that.....say SSE1 cpu.

hmmm

thx

V

Rich:
Hi vinceASPECT
While all extensions are supposed to be 486 compatible, there have been occasions where something compiled for a higher
processor has slipped through.

vinceASPECT:
i am confused perhaps with compiling and CPU features.

are we saying here, for example, that the latest version of firefox will
still run on a 486 because it was comiled for that lowest cpu and up ?

you seem to be saying that TCL and it's extensions don't need a cpu
with any SSE or SSE2 capability........right.

that is a nice thing if true...

thanks

Vince.

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