Re: what is 64bitCPU?
From: Måns Rullgård (mru_at_kth.se)
Date: 01/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:55:19 +0100
"Jared Richardson" <jared.RMOVE_THS_richardson@sas.com> writes:
> "Måns Rullgård" <mru@kth.se> wrote in message
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>> Dances With Crows <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@usa.net> writes:
>>
>> >> Is linux 64bit system? are there so many 64bit progs?
>> >
>> > Linux has been running on the DEC Alpha and Sparc64 (both 64-bit
>> > systems) for a long time now. Practically any Open program will compile
>> > on the Alpha, Sparc64, Itanic, or whatever AMD's 64-bit CPU is called
>> > with minimal tweaking.
>>
>> I'd say any *well written* program will compile and run on a 64-bit
>> CPU. Fortunately, most programs are written well enough to work, a
>> notable exception being mplayer. I gave up fixing all the 64-bit bugs
>> in there.
>
> actually, AMD's Opteron (their 64 bit chip) will run ~any~ 32 bit program
> out of the box. They made the processor backwards compatible w/32 bit CPUs.
Didn't they just take a 32-bit CPU and add an ugly 64-bit kludge?
-- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se
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