On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 11:44 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 10:10 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > >> You could, but in the general case, you don't want to do that. > >> Sparc64 is slower than sparc32, so the only cases where you actually > >> want 64 bit support is in the kernel and glibc (so you can run 64 bit > >> apps) and in special applications such as Postgres. > > > >What's the point, then, of SPARC64? Don't say "more memory", because > >that can be dealt with. > > * More memory available to each application Ah. > * Larger native pointers and types, so large files etc. become easier So some things are faster in SPARC64. You'd think that things like cryptography (SSL, for example) would also be faster. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Don't think of it as a flame, think of it as an argument that does 3d6 fire damage!
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