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What is Microarchitecture and MIPS?
So I have an online dating profile, and this guy sent me a message saying "We would be perfect, only my 486 microarchitecture is in compatible with your MIPS π"
WTF does that mean?
I even tried googling and it confused me even more, and I felt like a total idiot trying to comprehend what he's saying.
Does anyone know?
2 Answers
- Vincent GLv 74 years ago
MIPS was a company that developed microprocessors that were not compatible with those from Intel. A program designed to run on a MIPS based computer would not run on a Intel (Windows) based one.
Think along the lines of "Android" and "iPhone". Both do the same things, but they each need their own version of any app as they are fundamentally incompatible.
