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From: Leiking <jinleileiking@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:51:39
Message-Id: CAOHf1KcvKhptqBw8mv99L4mT8nMvNevPxF7OSQG1hBxn42o-bg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit by Pandu Poluan
1 64bit means bugs.?? But I use 64.
2
3 2012/7/17 Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>:
4 >
5 > On Jul 17, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >>
7 > --- >8
8 >
9 >
10 >>
11 >> IMO, it's worth the 'overhead' to run 64-bit, if only for the greater
12 >> number of GPRs and other architectural improvements. There's honestly
13 >> a lot of good stuff in x86-64 beyond the larger address space. The
14 >> increased address space also helps long-lived programs avoid address
15 >> space fragmentation.
16 >>
17 >> --
18 >> :wq
19 >>
20 >
21 > +1 on architectural improvements.
22 >
23 > From a purely data-wise view: with 64 bits, Long Integers will be handled
24 > much faster than having to manhandle 2 32-bit chunks of half-integers.
25 >
26 > Rgds,

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Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit Nilesh Govindrajan <contact@××××××××.com>