Re: x86_64 in FC4?

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Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Unlike other architectures with 32-bit and 64-bit flavors, where the
> biggest change in 64-bit binaries is using twice as much space for a lot of
> things, the x86-64 architecture also has twice as many registers as the
> 32-bit x86 and so 64-bit compiled code tends to perform noticeably better.

Aren't those registers available to 32bit apps, though, should the
compiler choose to make use of them?

Chip

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Chip Turner                   cturner@xxxxxxxxxx
                              Red Hat, Inc.


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