> ... are best served if there is a single choice widespread in the > emerging 64-bit systems. This removes a source of subtle errors in > porting to a 64-bit environment, and encourages more rapid > exploitation of the technology options. > > I think that's backwards, you get sloppy in a monoculture.
they also seemed to have assumed that 32-bit systems would naturally be left behind. now, with x86, i'd quite like to assume amd64 for ever, but that's not because i get 64 bits, but because i FINALLY GET A FEW ALMOST GENERAL PURPOSE REGISTERS (except: oh, because it's bolted on to the x86 several of those need special handling deep down). in practice, i don't expect to see the last of 32-bit systems for some time. anyway, i might as well wait until the (different) virtualisation schemes hit the shops.
