On 22/05/2012 20:06, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: >> From: Cygwin-L On Behalf Of Warren Young >> I would say that the vast majority of the packages in the Cygwin >> distribution could not reasonably make use of 64-bit data spaces. >> >> However, one of your arguments in this thread cuts both ways: the fact >> that there are a few packages that reasonably can do so means you cannot >> say "we don't need it". > > If someone wants a 64-bit version of a packages in the distribution, then how > about they build a 64-bit version of the package and report the results? > That would give the distribution maintainers actual data about the costs and > benefits.
Hear hear. Well said. Perhaps we can drop this tedious thread now, or else TITTTL. IMHO it has shown rather lamentable knowledge of both compiler technology and RISC/CISC architecture from at least one responder. -- Cliff -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
