On 06/11/2012 11:27 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > Far from it. x32 is designed for performance. There are many applications > where the additional space occupied by 64bit pointers is a measurable > performance hit, but you still want to use the 64bit features of the CPU > in all other respects.
It's pretty unusual. Generally, the better ABI and supply of registers is a win for gcc-compiled code . The pessimal case seems to be Python, which not only has 64-bit pointers but 64-bit ints on a 64-bit system. I suspect that nine times out of ten 64-bit is a win. Andrew. -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
