<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 January 2014 18:34, Behan Webster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:behanw@converseincode.com" target="_blank">behanw@converseincode.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Well, also arm64 is clearly an arm (even to the uninitiated) whereas
aarch64 could be something entirely different. "arm64" satisfies the
rule of "least surprise", and is the most obvious choice IMHO. ARM
missed the boat on this one I think. </span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't disagree with you that the name is unfortunate, I'm also a big fan or amd64 and arm64, but as you said, the powers-that-be...</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Both "sane" and "consistent" is preferable, but I'm okay if it is at
least one or the other. :)</div></blockquote><div></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">For long-lasting systems, I'd pick consistency over sanity every day.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
cheers,</div><div class="gmail_extra">--renato</div></div>