Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 08:30:15 -0400 From: Jim <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 32 bit ports on an AMD64 system Message-ID: <80f4f2b20909020530w36ab8309k5595b5672e722579@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be0909011039p4f012337h5ccbfc881af87ac@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0908310811q7974f467xf772f95c662c5e19@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20909010644j7962dc4cub71e725d083072ef@mail.gmail.com> <20090901155059.GA56945@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <80f4f2b20909010940u460a7b81r6372f48690ac1246@mail.gmail.com> <d873d5be0909011039p4f012337h5ccbfc881af87ac@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:39 PM, b. f.<bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote: > You've given some of your reasons for using amd64 -- but are your > reasons for using 32-bit binaries on amd64 strong enough to make all > of this worthwhile? Why not just use 64-bit binaries for all but the > 32-bit-only ports? Sure, some 32-bit applications will actually run > faster (the opposite is also often true) or use fewer resources, but > is it worth the hassle? Mostly that's what I want to do. However I'd like to do some Python QT development with PyQT4, and would like to test the performance using py-psycho (i386 bit only). In that situation, I'm not sure if I'll have to install QT4 as 32 bit or not, likewise for X... It's a bit messy, but we'll see what happens. Thanks for all the advice and help, -Jim Stapleton
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