On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 09:45 -0600, Tom Grieve wrote: > I'm not sure what you're saying here - what's the point of a 64-bit product > that doesn't use 64-bit storage? Do you think maybe it should check to see > if there's no 64-bit and use 31-bit instead? Why introduce such complexity > when there is a perfectly adequate 31-bit version of the same product > available?
31-bit being a subset of yes 64-bit, yes, I *absolutely* expect all software to be capable of discerning the absence (or dearth) of storage above the bar. Where it causes a failure, fail gracefully. I am astounded that "java -version" is incapable of being executed in a 31-bit address space. I am not at all surprised that it produces no meaningful message. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
