x86_64

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Sunday 05 March 2006 4:35 pm, Chris Ball wrote:
> At least on Ubuntu, the version of OO installed on the 64-bit
> distribution is the 32-bit binary using 32-bit compatibility
> libraries, so it makes sense that it might be sluggish compared
> to native 32-bit.
One of the nice things about the x86-64 architecture is that it does support 
the 32-bit architecture in hardware. 
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