Thanks Bob, We can always count on you for having useful ideas about all sorts of stuff.
It does sound like a quad binary wouldn't be a good idea. > For intel it's probably a bit different because there's more registers > and whatnot in 64-bit mode... so it may actually be an overall > performance win for machines that can do it. > > I think all Core 2 Duo machines are x86-64 capable. Isn't that all Intel Macs? > The problem with a quad binary build is that there's a lot more > difference between 32-bit and 64-bit than there is from PPC and Intel. Wow! that's a surprise to me. I suppose there are a LOT of 32 bit assumptions built into a lot of code. > It would be a lot of work to make that happen. It would also end up in > pain because I believe that a 64-bit machine would default to using > the 64-bit version of the executable which wouldn't be compatible with > any existing extensions. Would setup.py build Universal extensions right (if the extension was written to support 64 bit)? > It would make a lot of sense to have a 64-bit python distribution that > was built for x86-64 and ppc64... Hmm. I like that idea. Now we just need a bunch of people to find the time..... -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
