On Tuesday, 31 October 2017 at 01:00:29 UTC, codephantom wrote:
If you play with large databases, containing a lot data, then
64-bit memory addressing will give you access to more memory.
That doesn't really matter. If you're IMPLEMENTING the database,
sure it can help (but is still not *necessary*), but if you're
just playing with it, let the database engine handle that and
just query the bits you are actually interested in.
People have been working with huge, HUGE databases in 32 bit
programs for years.
And more memory means faster operations.
Not necessarily.
There are advantages to 64 bit, but you can live without them. A
32 bit program can do most the same stuff.
