The one caveat I have seen is when you use third-party software that is compiled; chances are it was compiled with 32-bit system libraries and will not take advantage of the 64-bit data structure. If you can, spend the time compiling the third-paty software using 64-bit JDK.
Ben Ricker On 8/16/05, Peter Crowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: J R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Are there 64 bit counterparts? If not, would the 32 > > bit ones definitely work? > > Assuming you have a Java virtual machine that runs on your system, the > Tomcat Java classes will run unchanged. The 'virtual' in 'virtual > machine' means that compiled Java classes are insulated from the details > of the underlying machine - Tomcat runs unchanged on Windows, MacOS*, > and many flavours of UNIX. > > For further reading, check out 'application virtual machine' at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine and > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_virtual_machine > > - Peter > > * Although Tomcat 5.5 is a bit awkward until Sun release a Java 1.5 > virtual machine for Mac. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Ben Ricker He's just this guy, you know? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
