[rescue] Re: sunpci note: TWO cards now available

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:26:13PM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 07:06:20PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >   But let's face it...32 bits is just fine for most, if not all, of
> > today's applications.  Granted 64 or 128 bits is MORE, and MORE is
> > BETTER, but how many times have YOU used integers larger than 2^32 in
> > your code?  I've done a lot of scientific programming...and *I* sure
> > haven't.
> 
> I rarely have any use for integers that large in scientific usage.  However,
> they are handy for large disks I'm told, and they certainly are very handy
> for ram greater than 4 gigs.

I forgot the obvious issue of files larger than 4 gigs.  Probably a bigger
issue for most normal people.


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Joshua D. Boyd