OpenEuphoria

64 bit Eu?

• Posted by Kenneth Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com> Nov 23, 2003
• 465 views

AMD Athlon 64 bit computers are here - and evidently
not that expensive:
http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?trg=product%2Easp&catid=84&subid=4369&hierid=4374&prdid=10036533&log=

I recall Rob saying he would port Euphoria to 64 bit
when there was the demand for it.  So here it is Rob,
I am demanding that you port Euphoria to the AMD
Athlon 64!  :) :) :) :) :)

I have a few questions...

 1.  Will you support the AMD 64bit cpu, or the Intell
64 bit cpu, or both?

 2. Since the Linux operating system and GNU
development tools are essentially free will you port
Eu to 64 bit Linux first?

 3. Will a 64 bit implementation of Eu run twice as
fast as 32bit?  If not, how much of a performance
increase would you anticipate or hope to realize?

 4. Beyond any improvements in "speed" what other
advantages might a 64 bit implementation of Eu have
over 32 bit Eu? 

 5. Since Euphoria is such a small, yet powerful
language, shouldn't it be easier to port than many
other of the more established, yet larger languages,
with which it competes?

Just Brain Storming  :),
Ken Rhodes