On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Chris Morgan wrote:

> I don't think it's that simple. The programming model used for Solaris
> x86 has always been 32-bit and now they are just adjusting it for
> 64-bit. I don't know how Sun handles the conditional compilations, but
> I can well imagine lots of ifdefs that check to see if it's sparc or
> intel and whether it's 32- or 64-bit. If anyone has made mistakes in
> making their code "cross-platform" in this sense, those mistakes will
> only come out now - for example if someone used the fact of it simply
> being intel to choose 32-bit code. Also "Solaris" is much more than

Yes, that IS a good point. I guess time will tell... :-)

> although I'm sure Opteron really is a great product).

Yeah; I'd like a chance to play with^W^Wtest one of those V2100zs!

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