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   Message 943 of 2,753   
   Jon Harrop to Jon Forrest   
   Re: 32-bit vs. 64-bit x86 Speed   
   28 Apr 07 23:28:16   
   
   From: jon@ffconsultancy.com   
      
   Jon Forrest wrote:   
   > Let's say you're a Linux user who never needs to run programs that   
   > don't fit in 32-bits. Would you run a 32-bit or a 64-bit version of   
   > Linux?   
      
   64 bit for me. I have found that both g++ and the OCaml compilers   
   produce much faster code for my kind of work under 64 bit. This is   
   typified by my ray tracer language comparison:   
      
     http://www.ffconsultancy.com/languages/ray_tracer/   
      
   --   
   Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy   
   The F#.NET Journal   
   http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/fsharp_journal/?usenet   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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