== Quote from Andrew Wiley ([email protected])'s article > On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Gour-Gadadhara Dasa <[email protected]> > wrote: > > yOn Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:54:55 -0700 > > Jonathan M Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> So, yeah, it sucks that dmd is only a 32-bit binary, and there are > >> currently no plans for it become a 64-bit binary, > > > > It's really strange to have 32bit executable on 64bit OS these days > > and I?m running 64bit OS for years. > I run 64 bit Windows 7, where around 70% of my applications are 32 > bit, and 64 bit Arch Linux, where multilib lets me install the 32 bit > version of most applications. If you go through the Linux kernel > archives, you'll find that running 32 bit applications on a 64 bit > kernel is actually fairly popular because 64 bit applications need > ~20% more memory due to increased pointer sizes.
Swollen pointers are a bit of a mute point to make as an argument for 32bit.
