Double check where the limit is. It may well be 2 GB. Ben
On 6/21/06, James Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Sherm. It looks like there might be some benefit for high-end users > who are likely to go beyond 4GB VM but we can postpone it 'til then. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sherm Pendley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "James Eshelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] 64 bit perl boost? > > > On Jun 21, 2006, at 10:23 AM, James Eshelman wrote: > > > I have a large O-O perl system running on Fedora Core 3 ( I know, > > it's old! - that's a separate subject) on Xenon 64-bit > > processors. The perl interpreter is only a 32-bit app. Anyone > > have an idea how much performance boost we're likely to get by > > recompiling everything for 64-bits? > > Does your app need more than 4G of virtual memory space? > > Does your app spend a significant amount of its time splitting huge > numbers into 32-bit "chunks" so it can cope with them? > > If you answered "no" to these questions, don't bother recompiling. It > won't help. > > sherm-- > > Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net > Hire me! My resume: http://www.dot-app.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
