[Eug-lug] Would you guys mind padding this a little bit?

[Ben Barrett]

OS-level memory management is still much better, right,
even when running 32-bit apps (or virtualized 32-bit instances)
on 64-bit hardware (with 64-bit OS)?

Presumed corollary:  I thought the bigger gains were at an OS
level for most *common* apps, except for media-heavy apps.
Are there any 64-bit floats used in FF, for instance?
I am fairly ignorant on the details here, sorry :)

ben


On 2/22/07, Jason LaPier <jason.lapier at tacs.uoregon.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Jason LaPier wrote:
> >
> > > Also, I may be a tad stubborn. So don't bother trying to
> > convince me I
> > > wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Firefox
> > compiled for
> > > 64-bit and FF compiled for 32-bit.
> >
> > Obviously, you can tell the difference.  The 64-bit binary is
> > the one with no Flash support. (-:
> >
> > --
> > Bob Miller                              K<bob>
> >                                         kbob at jogger-egg.com
>
> I withdraw my request. I kinda like having one version of Firefox that
> doesn't support Flash.
>
> And seriously tho, nobody got my back on 64-bit Linux? Are we all
> turning into Mac users? I know it's not literally twice as fast as
> 32-bit, but it's faster, and how can you put a 64-bit CPU in a machine
> and run it at anything less? Just doesn't seem like the DIY way...
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