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Date: Mon,  7 May 2012 08:11:32 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] integer width on AMD64 (was: Re: AMD64 system)
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> instructions. Alpha might have
> been an exception too, but that's dead.

alpha was originally, but later added them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha#Byte-Word_Extensions_.28BWX.29

- erik