amd64

[Paul McGuire]

"Robin Becker" <robin at reportlab.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.9510.1155920575.27775.python-list at python.org...
> Does anyone know if it's possible to run python as a 32 bit app on
AMD64's? One
> of our host providers AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and we are currently using a
celeron
> which is real slow. The problem is that this machine would be a backup for
> another which is 32 pentium 4.
>
> If I have to recompile/debug all the extensions etc etc for another
architecture
> it might not seem so attractive.
> -not ready for 64bitly yrs-
> Robin Becker
>

Running just fine on my AMD64 processor on this machine...

I'm pretty sure AMD worked pretty hard for their AMD64's to run 32-bit
apps - by contrast with Intel's previous 64-bit offerings which would not.
But in this mode, you don't get 64-bits of "roominess", it looks just like a
32-bit CPU.

-- Paul