Re: New Release

[Tomaž Borštnar <tomaz.borstnar@xxxxxxxx>]

Danial Thom wrote:

> I guess I'm not sure I want to use 64-bit,
we have to go towards 64bit in order to be 32-bit safe :)

When you start recompiling apps to run natively 64bit you encounter all 
kind of bugs where were hidden before.

If it looks like a duck it might not a duck after all.

> particularly if its going to be slower than
> 32-bit mode. With larger structures, pointers,
> etc, if stuff starts not fitting in the cache
> then you'll lose more than you gain. So using the
> extra registers would improve performance without
> having all of the issues.

Software should use hardware features even if current hardware is no 
there today - literally. Remember X Window System? In 1985 we did not 
have 2D/3D accelerators in most machines. I was lucky to have access to 
one such machine - but cost was 20k USD then :) But nevertheless they 
prepared the software for the future hardware!

 Development is so fast that in few years you will need to be extra 
carefully not to buy new 64-bit ready machine if you are afraid of 64bits :)


Tomaž