On Tuesday, 31 October 2017 at 01:25:31 UTC, Adam D Ruppe wrote:
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*),
Kinda important, say your server is 128Gb (bugger sizes are quite
typical these days).
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.
Ah ye, we can do the same in 16 bits with ample 640k bytes. Just
window your dataset in 64k at a time, trivial. There are
advantages in bigger size of virtual address space even if you
use tiny fraction of physical memory.
There are advantages to 64 bit, but you can live without them.
I can live without hot water in my house, would I?
A 32 bit program can do most the same stuff.
Client applications probably do not care much. Servers and
cluster software can use more RAM and take advantage of huge
address space in many interesting ways.
