(03-11-2014, 08:09 AM)teh_speleegn_polease Wrote: Anyway, back on topic, if we extend the prediction from 10 years on from today to 20+, I think that at some point, x86 is gonna go. It just can't stay forever. The change, however, will probably be gradual, and so there will be plenty of time for Dolphin to get ported to the new system.
And it will be replaced with... what? A gradual change to... what? If you imagined a better version with backwards compatibility, then conceivably yes, it could happen. By why does x86 have to go? Why can't it stay forever, or at least as long as it needs to be around (which is most likely more than 20 years)? If it just has to go away because change just has to happen eventually, that's quite short on specifics. Some things, even in the fast-paced world of computer science, don't change, either not at all or not very often.