No architecture vs architecture-specific binaries

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Published on 2012-08-31T19:29:26Z Indexed on 2012/08/31 21:39 UTC
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From what I understand, the noarch suffix means that it's architecture independent and should work universally. If this is the case, why should I install architecture-specific packages at all? Why not just go straight for the noarch? Are there optimizations in the x86 or x64 binaries that aren't found in the noarch binaries? What's best for high performance applications?

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