64-bit Python?

Martin v. Loewis martin at v.loewis.de
Thu Jun 6 16:35:32 EDT 2002


"Bjorn Pettersen" <BPettersen at NAREX.com> writes:

> Are you using Win64 on IA-64? Last time I checked (using the MS
> compiler) a long was still 32 bits, and you had to use __int64 to
> get a 64 bit integer...

Yes, Win64 is known for not using LP64. Many people consider this a
mistake. Of those, a majority is not surprised since it comes from
Microsoft :-)

Regards,
Martin



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