What is the executable format option's point and why this default?

[Rinzwind]

Is it me or is that dropdown quite useless nowadays and should it always select CPU with SSE2 as default since any processor released in the last (almost) 2 decades support it? Weird the default is to not use it and newer extensions didn't get support. Also wonder what exactly in PB takes advantage of it?

ps wikipedia: "SSE2 is also a requirement for installing Windows 8[3] (and later) or Microsoft Office 2013 (and later) "to enhance the reliability of third-party apps and drivers running in Windows 8"

[chi]

Cpu Optimisation (next to Executable format)
This setting allows to include Cpu optimised PB functions in your executable:
All CPU : The generic functions are included that run on all CPUs.
Dynamic CPU : The generic functions as well as any available CPU specific function are included. The function to execute is decided at runtime. This creates a bigger executable, but it will run as fast as possible on all CPUs.
All other options : Include only the functions for a specific CPU. The executable will not run on any Cpu that does not support this feature.

Note: No PB functions actually support this feature for now (it is ignored for them). However, some User Libraries include such optimisations.

Note the note

[Rinzwind]

Then its complete bullocks. That dropdown was added in 2003 according to change history and has zero purpose since then. OK. Clear.

[BarryG]

Then its complete bullocks. That dropdown was added in 2003 according to change history and has zero purpose since then.

Not zero purpose. The manual clearly says: "some User Libraries include such optimisations". I guess it was more useful when user libraries created with Tailbite were a big thing.

[User_Russian]

I wrote about it https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 53#p576553

[Rinzwind]

I wrote about it https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 53#p576553

Me too
https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 37#p576737