Re: VAX + Spectre

[Toby Thain <toby%telegraphics.com.au@localhost>]

On 2019-09-17 5:32 a.m., coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> So, this is a bug report:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86811
> 
> GCC would like to know if VAX needs Spectre-related work.
> Are any of the VAXes ever made capable of speculative execution? the
> first tech for doing it was in 1967, so not entirely far-fetched.
> 

"Far fetched" is very descriptive of speculative execution imho. ;-)

--Toby