Once upon a time, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> said: > Well guess what? 64 bit code is bigger (bigger pointers) and thus > slower, because CPU cache is less effective, with bigger code.
All other things being equal, that might be true. However, all other things are NOT equal; pointer size is not the only different between i686 and x86_64. The biggest gain is that x86_64 has a much larger register set, so a lot of things don't have to hit RAM at all (and are much faster). -- Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
