Am Sa., 1. Feb. 2020 um 12:39 Uhr schrieb David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > > Dan Eble <d...@faithful.be> writes: > > > On Feb 1, 2020, at 05:05, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> > >> Frankly, I think that it would be better if our Windows executables just > >> moved to 64bit but that seems like the more complicated option yet. And > >> 32bit systems kept around a whole lot longer even after processors > >> became 64bit-capable because they tended to require less memory. > > > > You provided a lot of good information in your post, but the > > conclusion was not entirely clear. > > Are you suggesting requiring SSE2 at this time? > > Yes. It appears to get used anyway for 64bit executables, and it seems > safe enough to demand it for 32bit executables. > > For SSE there would be the danger of libraries stomping over the > registers that share memory with the FPU stack, but I think that SSE2 is > not affected. > > -- > David Kastrup >
Well, Arnold encountered the problem (iirc he will not be online during the weekend) and there may several other older 32-bit OS around. What shoud those people do? Cheers, Harm
