alt Hacker NewsWhich is why Windows NT was multiplatform in 1993.
Developed on Intel i860, then MIPS, and only then on x86, alongside Alpha.
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rbanffy • yesterday at 10:19 PM
I don't think the i860 port lasted very long. IIRC, the performance in context switches was atrocious.
Big endian MIPS, no less! At least initially.