On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:31:14 +0100 Sebastian Redl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >If I say something wrong anyone please correct me! Thanks. > Well, I disagree that the code needs a full rewrite. Why? All it needs > is correcting all places where it attempts to store pointers in 32-bit > variables. Admittedly, in the core of UNO this might happen a LOT (due > to its nature it does a lot of direct memory manipulation), but there's > no real reason why it should be re-written from scratch. > If the UNO runtime violated other portability issues (such as code > execution protection), it wouldn't run at all in 64-bit mode, perhaps > not even when compiled as 32-bit. I am no programmer and what you say sure is correct but of what i listened from some OOo devs is that some parts (big or small) need rewrite to get stable on amd64. However... Latest information I read: http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~kendy/ooo/OOoCon-2005/ -- [email protected] mailing list
