[MLton] 64-bit pointers

skaller skaller@users.sourceforge.net
Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:58:26 +1000


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On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 04:26 +0200, Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:

> Err... 32bit apps and 64bit apps have pretty similar performance.
> After all, there are the same number of math units, cache, branch-
> prediction, ... in the chip.=20

x86-64 has twice the number of registers ..=20
And it makes a HUGE difference.

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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sourceforge dot net>


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