Object Spaces with dedicated GC and possibly dedicated cpu looks like a
better idea than a flat 64bit VM and OE to me.
Le 27 juin 2013 21:43, "Clément Bera" <[email protected]> a écrit :

> 2013/6/27 kilon <[email protected]>
>
>> Just for the notice, because I stirred up the whole discussion about 64
>> bit
>> pharo.
>>
>> To my knowledge the whole point of having a 64 bit app is that so that app
>> can access more than 4 GBs of Ram. Is that the case or I have no clue
>> what I
>> am talking about ?
>>
>
> Yeah actually the goal is to allow the user to work on Pharo without
> installing 32bits lib and to be able to call 64 bits external libraries
> instead of 32 bits ones.
>
>
>>
>> I have read that already Pharo VM has some restrictions on how much ram an
>> image can use. Obviously even for todays standard 4GBs for a single app
>> is a
>> bit excessive but if pharo apps continue to grow in complexity and we
>> start
>> to venture in areas of demanding ram needs , then it wont be hard to brake
>> that 4GB barrier.
>>
>
> You are right, we don't care about the RAM size, even language as Java
> does not have a VM with a GC supporting more that much of RAM.
>
>
>>
>> In any case maybe before you invest so much effort you must clear up what
>> the real benefits would be for us the users of pharo if pharo goes 64 bit.
>>
>>
>>
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