Matt Ingenthron wrote: > > I believe we'll need to deliver both, and there are probably still a > number of reasons (for now) that one may choose to run 32-bit even on a > system with a 64-bit ISA, which means there has to be a switch somewhere > to pick what one wants to run.
As you say, I doubt 64bit is universally always the right answer for every conceivable scenario, so there needs to be some sort of switch. So the question becomes what should be the out-of-box default. Barring compelling arguments otherwise, I'll always argue for consistency (which seems to be the direction the proposal is going). Peter mentioned better performance on x86 which may well be a compelling argument depending on the details. The db team should research this so there's enough data to declare it one way or the other. -- Jyri J. Virkki - jyri.virkki at sun.com - Sun Microsystems
