Robert Collins wrote: > I'd try 64-bit sparc, ia-64 and amd-64 in 64 bit mode for comparison.
This is OS dependant. All 64 bit Linux versions use the LP64 model where longs and pointers are 64 bit. Solaris on UltraSparc does the same and I haven't played with Solaris on amd-64 so I can't say. I have heard of certain old school 64 bit Unices where long was 32 bits but I think they died out when Uninx98 or Posix whatever decided that 64 bit unix should be LP64. One of the odd ones out of course is win64, where both int and long are 32 bits and pointers are 64 bits. Yep its nuts, but it is m$. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Fundamentalist : Someone who is colour blind and yet wants everyone else to see the world with the same lack of colour. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
