On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:20:23 +0200 RSmith <rsm...@rsweb.co.za> wrote:
> The best way to think of the 64 bit upgrade in normal programming is: > "Able to do larger accuracy calculations at more or less the same > speed". Eh, more accurate how? Every 32-architecture I compiled for supported 64-bit long integers. Floating point is unchanged. The change is bigger address space, and consequently somewhat larger and slower code. "Able to address more memory" [virtual or real] is how I'd put it. That makes some problems feasible that formerly were not. And I'm not so sure such problems are rare. I remember when allocation 1 GB of memory (virtual or not) was pure fantasy. Nowadays laptops with 8 GB of RAM are pretty pedestrian. --jkl _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
