64-bit

[Just Visiting]

Before I answer the previous message I'd like to thank
everyone for their feedback which was pretty helpful.

Now to Nick:

I really do not intend to offend anybody but you should
actually think before you question the necessity for
fast/responsive programs. People like you have used
similar arguments since the IT stone age. They usually
judge from the standpoint of their own momentary CPU
performance requirements.

If I'd use your comments during my next business meeting
we'd all have a good laugh. But I won't because I'll give
you the chance to think this over:

My girl friend is driving a Porsche (no Italian sports car, sorry).
Who do you think had to pay for it? Yeah, you guessed right,
it was the guy who is tweaking software, so a bunch of
computers can survive their replacement by a year or two.
I just wonder what car make she'd be driving if I told my clients
to use patience - instead of paying myself to get their analysis
software to finish the job in a fraction of time.

Cheers.


Nick Sabalausky Wrote:

> "Just Visiting" <nospam at aol.com> wrote in message 
> news:hbcbvs$1ees$1 at digitalmars.com...
> > Last things I remember:
> >
> > - DmD is strictly 32-bit
> > - Someone ported a chronically outdated D-compiler variant to Linux x86_64
> >
> > The ideas behind DmD looked promising to me. But most of my programs 
> > showed at least a 2-fold performance increase once they were re-written 
> > for 64-bit.
> 
> Only on 64-bit systems. Which are already ridiculously fast anyway. So what 
> if they get some more performance? They already have gobs of performance to 
> spare. On a 32-bit system it changes the programs performance down to "It 
> don't f** work at all", which is the mark of an incredibly arrogant 
> developer who likes to shoot themself in the foot by arbitrarily shrinking 
> their own potential user base.
> 
> > Therefore 32-bit compilers are just wasting my time, and this is why I've 
> > lost track of DmD.
> >
> 
> They should make roads that are only usable by Italian sports cars, and take 
> full advantage of their special characteristics. Any other roads are just 
> wasting my time.
> 
>