SPUG: 64 bit Perl

Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes sthoenna at efn.org
Fri Jun 10 02:55:52 PDT 2005


On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 03:59:45PM -0700, Peter Darley wrote:
> Folks,
> 	I'm very ignorant about the internals of Perl, and I've run into a
> consideration that I just don't have a clue about.
> 	Is there likely to be any benefit to a 64 bit machine instead of a 32 bit
> one, in terms of speed of Perl on it, or is that just throwing money down
> the drain?  Any input would be appreciated.

WAG: just throwing money down the drain.


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