What was the alternative? Sticking with 65x02, 68K, or PPC?
They could have stuck with x86 I guess. But was moving to ARM really a bad idea?
They were able to remove entire sections of the processor by getting rid of 32 bit code and saving memory and storage by not having 32 bit and 64 bit code running at the same time. When 32 bit code ran it had to load 32 bit version of the shared linked library and 64 bit code had to have its own versions.
They could have stuck with x86 I guess. But was moving to ARM really a bad idea?
They were able to remove entire sections of the processor by getting rid of 32 bit code and saving memory and storage by not having 32 bit and 64 bit code running at the same time. When 32 bit code ran it had to load 32 bit version of the shared linked library and 64 bit code had to have its own versions.