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Subject: Re: AMD's new 64-bit

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 23:02:12 10/20/03

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On October 20, 2003 at 18:26:28, Matthew White wrote:

>On October 20, 2003 at 15:14:25, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>
>>On October 20, 2003 at 14:57:26, Frank Phillips wrote:
>>
>>>On October 20, 2003 at 13:44:15, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 20, 2003 at 13:32:53, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>at the dutch championship yesterday there was a small discussion on this.
>>>>fritz programmer was also involved (frans morsch) and the conclusion was soon
>>>>that this was the hardware of the future.
>>>>
>>>>you don't have to worry. it's a matter of a short time before there will be 64
>>>>bits versions of the different programs.
>>>
>>>bitboards ?
>>
>>even pure 32-bit programs profite a lot from 64-bit mode, and even none
>>bitboards programs may use some 64-bit stuff for hashkeys or some pawn
>>bitboards. Note that int or even ms-long is still 32-bit. Most important feature
>>is the doubled register file size.
>>
>>Gerd
>Is MS's long still 32 bits in the compiler for the 64 bit OSen?

yes, in opposition to GCC one has to use __int64 for 64 bit types.



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