Jonas Maebe wrote:
but, in theory, the compiler should be able to produce 64bit code now. If not, how long before this will be possible? Is it difficult to do?
I don't know when I will start with it, I'm currently still fixing things for the 32 bit code generator. Also, there are two different 64 bit things you can do: 64 bit mathematics, and 64 bit memory spaces. The former can already be done under Mac OS X 10.3 (but is not supported by our compiler yet either), the latter will only be possible from 10.4 onwards (and initially not for GUI programs, as mentioned above).
There is also the issue of optimizing 32-bit code for the G5 (powerpc 970) processor. Interesting to read is <http://developer.apple.com/hardware/ve/g5.html>.
Regards,
Adriaan van Os
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