Tim Peters wrote: > [Steve Holden] > >>> Reasonable enough, but I suspect that Thomas' suggestion might save us >>> from raising false hopes. I'd suggest that the final release >>> announcement point out that this is the first release containing >>> specific support for 64-bit architectures (if indeed it is) > > > [Martin v. Löwis] > >> It isn't. Python ran on 64-bit Alpha for nearly a decade now (I guess), >> and was released for Win64 throughout Python 2.4. ActiveState has >> been releasing an AMD64 package for some time now. > > > Python has also been used on 64-bit Crays, and I actually did the > first 64-bit port in 1993 (to a KSR Unix machine -- took less than a > day to get it running fine! Guido's an excellent C coder.). Win64 is > the first (and probably only forever more) where sizeof(long) < > sizeof(void*), and that caused some Win64-unique pain, and may cause > more. > > BTW, at least two of the people at the NFS sprint earlier this year > were compiling and running Python on Win64 laptops. It's "solid > enough", and surely nobody expects that Win64 users expect 100% > perfection of anything they run <0.5 wink>. > I suppose we should be grateful thirteen years experience has gone into 64-bit support. I agree that "some breakage may occur" is true of any release and architecture though in the eyes of this lurker, at least, python-dev does a more-than-averagely conscientious job.
It's going to be very interesting to see what comes out of the Google sprints. I am sure the 64-bitters will be out in force, so there'll be useful data about any such problems. <irony wink="0.97">64 bits is, I am sure, as much as anyone is ever going to need, so the pain will finally be over.</irony> It's good to see the idea of industry support for open source sprints taking off. Tomorrow, the world ... :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com