On x86-64, you get more GPRs. From my naive benchmarking with my algorithms on ObjC, I get at 15%-20% speedup.
Ian On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Christopher Barker wrote: > > semi OT: > > Ronald Oussoren wrote: >> It's to bad that they don't ship 64-bit command-line utilities as >> well. > > What does 64-bit buy you? Is the only advantage the ability to > address a > lot of memory? Any other performance advantages? > > i.e. -- how much should I care? > > -Chris > > > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
