One thing: The 2^28-1 size limit on integers in emacs lisp also impacts max file size. You can't load a file larger than 256MB on a 32-bit version of emacs. H

One thing: The 2^28-1 size limit on integers in emacs lisp also impacts max file size. You can't load a file larger than 256MB on a 32-bit version of emacs. However, a 64-bit emacs will support larger integers and file sizes.