On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 09:18:55AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > it's surprising that "The x64 binary are also somewhat larger than the i386 > > binaries" > > There is no fundamental reason why a 64bit architecture (like amd64) would > require more code than a 32bit architecture (like x86), but yes, on the > average amd64 code is a bit larger than x86. For one, pointers are bigger. For another, ints too. So perhaps, for plain, straight, silly compiled C code... > Furthermore the static > data that accompanies it will naturally tend to be larger since some of > its elements will use up 64bit instead of 32bit. > > For this reason, amd64 packages tend to be larger than i386 packages. But once you talk Web browsers, which have at least one bytecode and two JIT compilers in their fat bellies these days, all bets are up ;-) Cheers -- t
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