Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Florian Festi wrote: [...] > > Ok, I should probably a bit more precise: 32 bit being default on 64 > > bit capable computers is coming to an end as the default RAM size > > for desktops goes beyond 4GB. > > Yes, that's better :-). That said, why on earth would you want to run > 32-bit processes on a 64-bit OS when 64-bit flavors are available? Because in some cases (SPARC vs SPARC64 comes to mind) 32-bit executables use _much_ less memory and run a _lot_ faster... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile 2340000 Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
