13 Mar
2014
13 Mar
'14
19:30
On 2014-03-13 15:29, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
But if this happens, it is bad coding. Programs do not need to use 64 bit variables just because they are available. They can just as well keep using as small a variable as they really need.
I can assure you it happens. As Andrey said already, it's about pointers.
But surely pointers can not be the larger part of the needed storage, is it?
With a few processes it's no big deal, but 32bit I can run a lot more processes per system than with 64bit.
Well, if you have tried the experiment both ways, and the memory footprint is bigger, then obviously I believe you :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)