On 10/25/10 5:47 PM, Kishore Atreya wrote:
Hi all
I'm new to OpenSSL and was wondering if the 64 bit package was
backwards compatible with the 32 bit package. Also is there a
significant difference in the API between the 64 and 32 bit package.
its exactly the same code, just compiled for the different instruction
architectures. some data types vary depending on the platform (64 bit
vs 32 bit might behave subtlety different on sparc or power or intel)
you can't call 32bit libraries from a 64bit program, or visa versa, so
you have to use the version that matches the rest of your project.
on a typical 64bit system, there is a mix of 32bit and 64bit
applications, so you likely want to have both libraries available.
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