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List:       linux-ia64
Subject:    Re: [Linux-ia64] gcc 3.0 question: ILP32 mode ?
From:       David Mosberger <davidm () hpl ! hp ! com>
Date:       2001-07-30 22:36:32
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>>>>> On 31 Jul 2001 00:06:48 +0200, Jes Sorensen <jes@sunsite.dk> said:

  Jose> Some code is just not worth cleaning up because it is too big,
  Jose> and will never require 64 bit addressing, but still useful to
  Jose> have in native mode, mostly because of the performance gap
  Jose> between ia32 and ILP32 which will moreover widen with the
  Jose> McKinley chip. Look at netscape, it has never been cleaned up,
  Jose> it was ported on linux alpha using the DEC/Compaq/(Intel now?)
  Jose> compiler in taso mode (32 bit pointers).

  Jes> Linux/Alpha's glibc doesn't support 32 bit pointers afaik.

Note that netscape doesn't/didn't get cleaned up for 64 bits because
Mozilla already *is* 64-bit clean.

I have yet to see a program that is worth running in natively yet not
worth cleaning up for 64 bits.

	--david


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