On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 14:52 +0100, Hélio Rocha wrote:
> But why does that happens?

64 bit systems use larger intgegers for accessing the stack and memory.
This enables 64 bit systems to access more than the traditional 4.4 gig
memory limit without resorting to tricks.

This is the whole point of getting a 64 bit system. (well that and
performing large number computations more easily)

Cheers,
Rob.



> 
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Per Jessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > alexander lind wrote:
> >
> > > I just tested my PHP app on Ubuntu 64bit, and found that all my php
> > > scripts would consume about 5x more RAM memory there, compared to how
> > > much they use on my macbook pro (which to make things a bit more
> > > confusing also runs a 64bit OS).
> > > A page that would take up around 2.5 MB on the macbook, takes around
> > > 12 MB on the linux server.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what might be causing this?
> >
> > All pointers are twice the size, same goes for the runtime stack.
> >
> >
> >
> > /Per Jessen, Zürich
> >
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