Date: 03 Jul 2002 17:24:23 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Size of Alpha binaries Message-ID: <xzpfzz06di0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <3D23160F.4070909@web.de> References: <3D231418.1020406@web.de> <xzpofdo6dt1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3D23160F.4070909@web.de>
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Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> writes: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav schrieb: > > Alpha is a 64-bit platform, i386 is a 32-bit platform. > Thanks :-), I knew that, but how does this cause bigger binaries? Think about it: all pointers are twice as large; some integer types are larger; structures and static data have more padding; instructions that involve pointers or integer literals (e.g. function calls) are larger... DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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