[lug] recommendation for a 64bit laptop

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:47:37AM -0600, Gary Hodges wrote:
>machine with 2GB RAM.  I initially installed Kubuntu 64 and 64 bit IDL. 
> I forget the exact times, but one of my programs ran in about 10 

Probably an issue either with how you built the code or with the code
itself.  I mean, I have tested things like code that uses native 64-bit
ints on a 32-bit platform.  That had a significant performance impact,
compared to using the 32-bit ints.

That's one of the few times I've seen significant performance differences
between a 32 and 64 bit distro on the same hardware.

Sean
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