Laurent Desnogues wrote:
On 2/21/08, Andrew Warkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why does it matter if it is 64-bit or not? Most programs at the moment
don't benefit from being compiled 64-bit. I don't get the obsession with
64-bitness that most Linux and BSD people seem to have.
I have programs that run significantly faster when targetting x86_64
(Othello back-end solver, various prime sieves, interpreted simulator,
MAME [cf. http://aarongiles.com/pix/benchmarks.png])., where
significantly means >10%. I agree I can't qualify my list as "most
programs", but on the other hand I have yet to see one of my
programs running slower as x86_64 bit mode (though I guess some
programs with heavy usage of pointers could be in trouble).
Did anyone compare qemu ia32 vs x86_64?
Laurent
I guess on x86, there is somewhat of a benefit, because of the extra
registers. On any decent architecture, 32- and 64-bit programs would run
at the same speed. Still, I don't think that it's worth having separate
32- and 64-bit versions of operating systems over, even on x86.
