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To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Date: 21 Jun 1997 20:41:05 +0200
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Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:

> Hrv> We've just received an ES3000 Ultra strong enough to do it (512M
> Hrv> RAM).  The only thing I need now is Solaris 2.6. ;-)
> 
> I'm afraid 2.6 ain't gonna do it.  sizeof (void *) == 4.

I know that; but why wouldn't sizeof(Lisp_Object) be 8?

> Sun's official position on 64-bits is "gradual transition", not
> DEC's cold turkey approach.

Yes, DEC got bitten by it.

> Of course, we can expect all major OS'es to gradually adopt 64-bit
> models.  The 32-bit and 64-bit models will co-exist for a long time.
> It will likely be 2020 before the XEmacs sources can abandon 32-bit
> support.

Well, I don't see any reason to abandon it.  I would only like to take 
advantage of 64-bit when available.

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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