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"And no, a “target quadruple” is not a thing and if I catch you saying that I’m gonna bonk you with an Intel optimization manual. "

https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/20690

▲ debugnik 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The argument is that they're called triples even when they've got more or less components than 3. They should have simply been called target tuples or target monikers.

	▲	o11c 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		"gnu tuple" and "gnu type" are also common names. The comments in `config.guess` and `config.sub`, which are the origin of triples, use a large variety of terms, at least the following: `configuration name configuration type [machine] specification system name triplet tuple`

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