On 04 May 2010, at 15:29, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > So to be able to compile Win64 apps, we need two installations. The > Win64 download (17MB) and the i386 download (35MB). > > * now installation is more complex than it needs to be. It now > requires two FPC versions.
I have not yet seen bug reports or problem reports about people struggling with this. > * Increases download size That is correct (if you are not interested in ever compiling any Win32 apps). > * Increases the difficulty in debugging It does not, unless you regularly debug the compiler binaries that we ship (which I doubt, since they are fully stripped). > * Cross-compiling doesn't always work, by producing corrupt binaries. Until today, the people responsible for packaging the Windows releases did not know this. > * Myth that Win64 compiler was slower than i386 cross compiler (info > supplied by you) I only provided data for Mac OS X. The situation may be quite different under Win64. Jonas_______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
