> Is it the case that more bits doesn't mean faster? Just larger integers and address ranges? Not quite. x64 also has extra registers and some new instructions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Architectural_features Louis Solomon www.SteelBytes.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard Quadling [mailto:rquadling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 6:09 PM To: Andi Gutmans Cc: Ruslan Yakushev; Azfar Hashmi; php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: php installer for windows 2008 x64 2009/8/4 Andi Gutmans <andi@xxxxxxxx>: > Just to confirm what Ruslan points out: 32bit PHP is actually faster > than 64bit and as we're multi-process there are no real benefits to > using 64bit PHP (PHP also has a longer track record in 32bit > environments). > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ruslan Yakushev [mailto:ruslany@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:03 PM >> To: 'Azfar Hashmi'; 'php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' >> Subject: RE: php installer for windows 2008 x64 >> >> 32bit PHP available at http://windows.php.net/download/ runs well on >> Windows 2008 x64 with IIS 7. >> >> There is also a 64bit build of PHP available here: >> http://windows.php.net/qa/ but I have not heard about any benefits of >> using it comparing to 32bit. Also, it is a QA build, not the final >> release build. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Azfar Hashmi [mailto:azfarhashmi@xxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:23 PM >> To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: php installer for windows 2008 x64 >> >> Does php support windows 2008 x64 (IIS7), if yes then where do I found >> the installer and zip version. >> >> -- >> PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Is it the case that more bits doesn't mean faster? Just larger integers and address ranges? -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
