On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 00:44, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > Actually, I think you may be confusing a couple of issues here (or > maybe not). A 64-bit platform operates on data in 64-bit "chunks" at > the instruction set level. When you load a value from main memory > into a register, it is a 64-bit value that you load. When you add two > integers, it is 64-bit integers that you add. How data is stored on > disk is a separate issue.
Gotchya, but don't they also have a different instruction set when the code is moved and read from ram? Or is the CPU reading 8 bit instructions (or do I need to crack that assembeler book again) Ruben > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but > when there is nothing left to take away." > -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery > > On Aug 22, 2005, at 9:27 PM, jae kim wrote: > > > ugghh, I didn't know the other thread was talking > > about reading files by M. It must be the longest thread, > > 69 emails so far. anyway, I stopped reading it after about 20. > > i'll wait until all the smart people figure out how to handle > > millions of patients worth of data file to convert from > > 32 bit big-endian to 64 bit little-endian machine. > > > > j. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
