Author: Carl Friedrich Bolz <[email protected]>
Branch:
Changeset: r88312:b6a48cd3fd8c
Date: 2016-11-11 13:46 +0100
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/b6a48cd3fd8c/
Log: since I keep getting the question, add an FAQ entry about Windows 64
support
diff --git a/pypy/doc/faq.rst b/pypy/doc/faq.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/faq.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/faq.rst
@@ -407,3 +407,17 @@
long and gnarly. On the other hand, all our infrastructure (buildbots,
benchmarking, etc) would have to be adapted. So unless somebody steps up and
volunteers to do all that work, it will likely not happen.
+
+
+What is needed for Windows 64 support of PyPy?
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+First, please note that the Windows 32 PyPy binary works just fine on Windows
+64. The only problem is that it only supports up to 4GB of heap per process.
+
+As to real Windows 64 support: Currently we don't have an active PyPy developer
+whose main development platform is Windows. So if you are interested in getting
+Windows 64 support, we encourage you to volunteer to make it happen! Another
+option would be to pay some PyPy developers to implement Windows 64 support,
+but so far there doesn't seem to be an overwhelming commercial interest in it.
+
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