> The only reason I commented on it at all was that at least one previous > note in this thread had asked "what would ya ever need with a 64-bit Linux > besides gee-whiz value?".
Well, not quite. What I said was that not many problems require it *at this time*, and that most of the problems that do require it now are not good fits for a S/390 implementation. Thus, it hasn't gotten a lot of attention, as the 31-bit versions are more applicable to everyday life at this point. It's ultimately the right direction, but if you're holding off implementing something because "it's not 64-bit like Solaris or Tru-64 or Linux on IA64", then you're probably not understanding your problem requirements very well, or your choice of tools is really making your life harder than necessary.
