[PD-ot] 64bit OS

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

patrice colet wrote:
> Hello João
>
>   So my question is, is there a particular reason for using a 64bit OS? 
> (given the fact that you are not maintaining binaries)

even though i do not maintain binaries, i *do* maintain (and assert) 
that my _code_ is fully 64bit compatible.
the reason for not providing 64bit binaries is the same a for not 
providing 32bit binaries (either i don't provide binaries at all like 
with zexy; or i only do not provide binaries for linux because of 
dependency issues (like Gem))

that's actually the main reason to run my laptop in native 64bit.

running dual-boot turned out to be a pain in the ass, so i dumped 32bit 
at some point (though it still eats some disk-space...)


other machines i use are running 64studio (which kind of sucks on 32bit).
unfortunately not all maintainers of source code seem to be as willing 
to maintain 64bit compatible code as me which still makes it sometimes 
necessary to run a project in 32bit mode...



>  Do you see any improvement in regard of 32bit?

haven't done any comparisions lately. but when i did 3 (or so) years 
ago, i only remember 64bit being very slightly faster than 32bit when 
compiling large projects.

mfgadr
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