On 5/24/07, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Linux and Windows
> as well as the BSDs) are all relative newcomers to
> the 64-bit arena.
The 2nd non-x86 port of Linux was to the Alpha in 1999 (98?) by Linus no less.
In 1994 to be precise. In 1999 Linux 2.2 got released, which supported
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> IRIX was much earlier than Solaris; Solaris was pretty late in the 64 bit
> >> game with Solaris 7.
> >
> >And Alpha did not have a real 64 bit port as they did implement ILP64.
> >With ILP64 your application does not really notice that it runs in 64 bits
> >if you on
On 24-May-07, at 6:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're right of course and lots of people use them. My point is
that
Solaris has been 64 bits lon ger then most others. ...
IRIX was much earlier than Solaris; Solaris was pretty late in
the 64 bit
game wi
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>
>> >You're right of course and lots of people use them. My point is that
>> >Solaris has been 64 bits lon ger then most others. I think 64 bits in
>> >AIX got 64 bits after Solaris and Linux (via Alpha) did.
>> >Irix was 64 bit near the same time as Solaris but the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >You're right of course and lots of people use them. My point is that
> >Solaris has been 64 bits lon ger then most others. I think 64 bits in
> >AIX got 64 bits after Solaris and Linux (via Alpha) did.
> >Irix was 64 bit near the same time as Solaris but the end of
>You're right of course and lots of people use them. My point is that
>Solaris has been 64 bits lon ger then most others. I think 64 bits in
>AIX got 64 bits after Solaris and Linux (via Alpha) did.
>Irix was 64 bit near the same time as Solaris but the end of the Irix
>is visible. Did they por
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:03:41AM -0700, Tom Buskey
> wrote:
> >
> > Solaris is 64 bits with support for 32 bits. I've
> been running 64 bit Solaris since Solaris 7 as I
> imagine most Solaris users have. I don't think any
> other major 64 bit OS has been in general use as long
> (VMS?).
>
>
