On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Stephen Frost wrote:
> In general it is, there are specific cases where 32bit apps are faster
> but there's corner cases for everything.
32-bit apps will almost always use less memory. For whatever that's
worth.
> I'll give it a shot, here's a list of some facts that may help you
> understand the reasoning some have used:
>
> 1) RH/SuSe have a /lib with 32bit libraries and a /lib64 with 64bit
> libraries on their amd64 systems.
[...]
8) The multiarch work is necessary for other debian platforms
(MIPS, ARM, etc) which also have varying ABIs. It is hoped that the AMD64
work will lay a good foundation for proper support of these systems as
well.
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