On Jul 17, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
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> IMO, it's worth the 'overhead' to run 64-bit, if only for the greater
> number of GPRs and other architectural improvements. There's honestly
> a lot of good stuff in x86-64 beyond the larger address space. The
> increased address space also helps long-lived programs avoid address
> space fragmentation.
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> --
> :wq
>

+1 on architectural improvements.

From a purely data-wise view: with 64 bits, Long Integers will be handled
much faster than having to manhandle 2 32-bit chunks of half-integers.

Rgds,