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Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar@×××××.com> skribis: |
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> Duncan, you real are a little radical but I like some of your |
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> thoughts, one thing that make me curious it will be about the |
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> advantages of using a gentoo x86 on a AMD64, once I would not be able |
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> to make optimizations on compilation flags ? |
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Smaller files, less memory needed, a larger user base, ability to run |
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dosemu, etc. |
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On account of smaller files and less memory needed, many programs |
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ought to run faster, but this is countered to some degree especially |
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by there being fewer registers in the 32-bit mode. Subroutine calls |
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and register use are much more efficient in the 64-bit mode. |
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Some cryptography, some signal and image processing, etc., may run |
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much slower in 32-bit mode, due to the use of long arithmetic. |
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Barry.SCHWARTZ at chemoelectric.org http://www.chemoelectric.org |
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Esperantistoj rajtas skribi al Bojo ĉe chemoelectric.org. |
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'Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.' - Bush |
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(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html) |
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