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Re: questions of gcc compiling.

To: jack at ice dot mudshark dot org
Subject: Re: questions of gcc compiling.
From: "David S. Miller" <davem at redhat dot com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:59:16 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: ro at TechFak dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE, janis187 at us dot ibm dot com, lyq at sunny-capital dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, rth at redhat dot com, jakub at redhat dot com
References: <ydd7kun88sa.fsf@xayide.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE><20010925.124343.71550573.davem@redhat.com><20010925125341.A28561@ice.mudshark.org>

   From: Jack Cummings <jack@ice.mudshark.org>
   Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:53:41 -0700

   The only reason I can see to build something 64 bit is if you need
   the address space...

Something like a database or other application with a huge data set,
right.

There are benefits for having 64-bit quantities available, such as
encryption applications.

Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

References:
- Re: questions of gcc compiling.
  - From: Rainer Orth
- Re: questions of gcc compiling.
  - From: David S. Miller
- Re: questions of gcc compiling.
  - From: Jack Cummings

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