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?).
IRIX, AIX, pretty much any commercial OS written for something that didn't have an Intel CPU in it. ;) > I can't remember the last time I had a 32 vs 64 bit issue in Solaris. In > Windows XP or Linux I think it's common. 64-bit is relatively new to the x86 platform as compared to the other CPUs which have had it for, well, crap, almost 15 years at this point? 64-bit is extremely mature on all those systems. Linux and Windows (as well as the BSDs) are all relative newcomers to the 64-bit arena. -brian -- "Perl can be fast and elegant as much as J2EE can be fast and elegant. In the hands of a skilled artisan, it can and does happen; it's just that most of the shit out there is built by people who'd be better suited to making sure that my burger is cooked thoroughly." -- Jonathan Patschke _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
