OpenEuphoria

Re: 64 bit Eu?

• Posted by "Daniel Kluss" <codepilot at netzero.net> Nov 24, 2003
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How many people does IBM employ, and how many does RDS?
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How many lines of code for DB2, and how many for EUPHORIA?

Mabey close to same on an average so maybe EUPHORIA-64 in two day?
Daniel Kluss
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Rhodes" <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: 64 bit Eu?


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> I fouond this little newsbyte interesting:
> "AMD=92s unique ability to utilize the x86-based
> technology helps to simplify the porting of 32-bit
> applications to AMD64. IBM software developers
> recently ported millions of lines of code associated
> with the 32-bit version of the DB2 Universal Database
> software to the 64-bit product in just two days."=20
> 
> --- mic _ <stabmaster_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > >  1.  Will you support the AMD 64bit cpu, or the
> > Intell
> > >64 bit cpu, or both?
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> > These are *totally* different. The IA-64 (Itanium)
> > is not binary compatible=20
> > with IA-32 (x86) and requires an emulator to run x86
> > executables. Of course,=20
> > if you have a compiler for the Itanium you could
> > recompile the whole thing=20
> > and have a separate distribution. The amount of home
> > users with Itanium=20
> > processor is probably very low atm though. The
> > Athlon64 is just an extension=20
> > of the x86. It has legacy modes to run old code, and
> > a new 64-bit mode with=20
> > twice as many general registers (all 64-bit), twice
> > as many MMX registers,=20
> > among other things.
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> > >  2. Since the Linux operating system and GNU
> > >development tools are essentially free will you
> > port
> > >Eu to 64 bit Linux first?
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> > Would be cheaper at least  : )
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> > >  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?
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> > Twice as fast? No.  How much faster? I dunno..
> > As i said, the Athlon64 has twice as many general
> > registers, which can help=20
> > if you have compiler designed for it. It also has
> > the HyperTransport or=20
> > whatever AMD calls it (higher memory bandwidth
> > basically).
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> > >  4. Beyond any improvements in "speed" what other
> > >advantages might a 64 bit implementation of Eu have
> > >over 32 bit Eu?
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> > Beats me. True 32-bit integers? That'd probably
> > cause too much confusion=20
> > though, since it would differ from "32-bit
> > Euphoria".
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