Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:01:05 PM UTC-5, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > Skeept wrote:
> > > Also for the next release, if possible would it be possible to
> > > distribute a 64 bit for windows as well a 32 bit?
> >
> > It's not all that useful. It uses more memory, is probably a bit
> > slower. I haven't heard real practical advantages. But perhaps that
> > changed with Windows 8?
>
> >From http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Where_to_download_Vim, reasons one might want
> >a 64-bit version:
>
> 1. Editing files >4GB in size.
Isn't that already possible? It's going to be slow anyway.
> 2. 64-bit WinPE does not have a WOW64 subsystem, hence you cannot run
> a 32-bit executable.
What is WinPE?
> 3. Windows Server 2008 R2 (i.e. Win7 Server) also does not have the
> WOW64 subsystem, by default, although it is an optional component you
> can install.
Not a very common system.
> 4. Potential for performance gains, particularly in heavy memory
> operations like memcpy and memcmp which can be optimized for the
> 64-bit word size.
But moving 64 bits things arounds is slower, net gain or loss needs to
be measured.
> 5. Getting 32-bit Vim into a 64-bit "Edit with Vim" context menu entry
> is tricky.
>
> Also, related to WOW64, accessing native commands which only have a
> 64-bit version (like chcp) will fail without a workaround.
I wonder how many downloads the 64 bit version currently has.
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