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From:
Tim Harsch
Date:
November 26, 2002 10:20
Subject:
Re: perl-64bit
Message ID:
001301c29574$6995dfd0$88bb0986@BBRP2000.LLNL.GOV
Well one thing it is, is Perl that allows you to use the OS memory
allocation funtions. This allows you to write Perl programs that can use
more than 3GB of addressable RAM. Although you are still limited to 3GB per
single data structure. The prequisite is that your operating system and
architecture must be 64bit, eg. Sparc/Solaris. By its very nature though
your Perl programs become overall a bit slower due to the fact that you must
use larger than 32bit to address memory, ie more bits to shuffle for every
memory address.
Someone else may be able to provide better details, but that is the gist of
it.
----- Original Message -----
From: <mwood@gosympatico.ca>
To: <perl-64bit@perl.org>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: perl-64bit
> What exactly is 64bit perl?
>
> Mikko Woodroffe
>
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