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In article <enmYa.455$P34.56@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
 bolsinga@hotmail.com wrote:

>MW Ron  wrote:
>
>>
>>In article <RajYa.416$7R.98@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
>> bolsinga@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>MW Ron  wrote:
>>>
>>>>to get CW 9 for Mac out the door.   We could be setting waiting for 
>>>>months or years for G5's and even then I doubt many people will target 
>>>>them for years.   If it wasn't for FAT applications there wouldn't have 
>>>>been PPC only targets for years after it came out. 
>>>
>>>FUD alert! FUD alert! :)
>>>
>>>My understanding is that using G5 friendly scheduling is perfectly OK on 
>>>G4s.
>>>You just need to stay away from G5 specific instructions.
>>
>>FUD alert! FUD alert! :)
>>
>>I believe you  basically said exactly what I said.  So who is trying to 
>>create  fear uncertainty and doubt?
>
>I don't know. I do know you can download the very latest Apple Dev tools and
>target the G5 today from any Mac OS X machine. The code can be run on any
>machine too. No "waiting for months or years" is necessary. That was the 
>phrase that I disagree with.

Fair enough,   I even saw my First G5 commercial already it was very 
cool.   I was thinking it would be months or a year until there were 
enough to commercially target software for.

>This tells the compiler to tune code as optimally as it can for the G5. This 
>flag can be safely used by itself on code that may run on processors other 
>than the G5, because code compatibility is not changed. 

How many people use Altivec now?  There are some and those that need it 
need it, but the general Mac developer is not using it even now.  That 
is my point.

Ron

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