From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id AAA01819; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:52:04 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA06502 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:52:02 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from web11901.mail.yahoo.com (web11901.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.172.185]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with SMTP id f51Mq0127228 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:52:00 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <20010601225159.84658.qmail@web11901.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.221.171.193] by web11901.mail.yahoo.com; Fri, 01 Jun 2001 15:51:59 PDT Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:51:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom _ Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml Speed for Block Convolutions To: David McClain , caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <003001c0eaca$01e48220$210148bf@dylan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > When are we going to have > readily available 64-bit architectures!? We already do: Alphas are pretty affordable, and you can get a 64bit SPARC for about $1000, even running Linux if you like. I think widespread adoption of 64bit machines will make a huge difference for polymorphic and dynamic languages, however. 32 bits is kind of tight for numbers+type bits or pointers+type bits, but in 64 bits, you can put both numbers and type bits without feeling squeezed. That should eliminate the need for a lot of static analysis and runtime tricks. Tom. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr