Re: [opensuse] 64 bit vs 32 bit RAM consumption

John Andersen wrote:

But for the most of us, sitting behind a compiler, we are at the complete mercy of the compiler writers, and there was a lag of over a year before these were optimized for larger instructions and larger registers. Just shlepping large chunks of text around was still done in small 32bit chunks until the compilers caught up.

But that's an issue with the compiler, not the instruction set. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org