On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:19:39PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 64-bits isn't faster than 32, and can be slower because of the longer
> pointer length, decreasing cache performance. The major advantage to
> 64-bits is accessing more the 4gb of RAM.
I note, however, that all the Sun experts say you should get your
database applications optimised for 64 bits because you can ship
around more data at a time. I have no clue what they're basing it
on, though.
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