[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> What re-architecting would be needed? > I'm asking that it be admitted that it has not been looked at. Not > seriously. Nor is this unique to PostgreSQL. I expect the performance > for Linux applications in general to slowly improve on 64-bit > processors as more and more people begin to use it. I recall a few > threads on other mailing lists where the primary developers admitted > to not having ready access to a 64-bit machine. Until they do, the > chance that these applications are hand-tuned for 64-bit is unlikely.
What you seem to be asking for is that we engage in a lot of machine-specific tuning for some particular processor or other. That has not happened and will not happen. This project believes in portable code, not "optimized for Xeon-of-the-month" code. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend