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layer8last Sunday at 11:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

64-bit pointers tend to be a bit wasteful as well.


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yjftsjthsd-hlast Monday at 12:06 AM

I am forever sad that x32 didn't take off. Lower memory use, great performance. Ah well.

josefxlast Monday at 12:37 AM

Especially on a system from the 80s, did they plan to address every bit of memory available on the planet?