32 or 64??

[Dotan Cohen]

>> If you're already doing that then why 64-bit to begin with?
>
> Having more than 4GB is a good reason. Plus, compilers can use
> SSE and other stuff that the 32bit architecture may or may not have.
>

I agree that those are valid reasons, note that SSE is available for
32 bit even if most compilers won't enable it by default.


> You have admitted your experience with 64 bit is dated. You should
> try to gain experience with the current stuff before you have an opinion.
>

That sounds like the voice of youth. I clearly have experience with 64
bit code, and that experience tells me that it was not ready when I
tested it. Other experience tells me that there is no defining line
between "this technology is not yet ready" and "now it is", so even if
my experience is one year out of date, it is at a maximum at the
trailing end of valid. Yet further experience tells me that you
migrate new users to proven technologies, Linus likes to say "better
old bugs than new bugs".



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