" I don't agree that all new applications should be 64 bit. That is overkill. 32-bit/4 GiB should be enough for almost all commercial applications."
The market disagrees with you, as shown by 64-bit z/arch sales. Joe On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 7:20 AM Paul Edwards <mutazi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 13:55:30 +0300, Binyamin Dissen < > bdis...@dissensoftware.com> wrote: > > >What problem would this solve? > > It would set the long-term model for the > mainframe, instead of being stuck with > 24/31-bit software for eternity. > > >This would be of zero use for existing applications, > > I don't agree. Existing applications can be > modified to be 32-bit clean and have maximum > possible address space as per 32-bit. > > > and new applications should simply use 64 bit. > > I don't agree that all new applications should > be 64 bit. That is overkill. 32-bit/4 GiB should > be enough for almost all commercial applications. > > BFN. Paul. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
