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		lucian1900 on Sept 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 64-bit ARM chips in iPhone 5S serve up taste of In... There's a pretty fundamental reason why they can't merge them: OS X is their development platform. iOS has no hope to self-host, especially with the paranoia it suffers from right now (only running App Store apps).

yuhong on Sept 11, 2013 [–]

Nor would it be sensible even on Android or any other mobile platform, which is a big reason I believe PCs will not completely die.

lucian1900 on Sept 12, 2013 | [–]

Sure. But Android at least has a chance, since you're allowed to run your own software on your own device.

yuhong on Sept 12, 2013 | | [–]

That is why I say sensible.

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