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The OS doesn't really matter here. If the original developers made assumptions about the size of the pointers (4 vs 8 bytes) then it's a bit tricky but certainl
by TOM9099 9y ago
The OS doesn't really matter here. If the original developers made assumptions about the size of the pointers (4 vs 8 bytes) then it's a bit tricky but certainly not impossible.
- Phrodo_00 9y agoThis doesn't hold up, though, because 64-bit firefox has been the default in 64-bit linux for like 10 years, and it's probably existed in windows for about the same amount of time.
- cesarb 9y agoThere's an important difference between Linux and Windows, however: on Linux, "long" is always as wide as a pointer, while on 64-bit Windows, a pointer won't fit in a "long" or "LONG" or "DWORD". But the real reason 64-bit Firefox is the default on 64-bit Linux, is that 64-bit Linux usually doesn't have the 32-bit compatibility libraries installed by default. On Windows, on the other hand, 32-bit compatibility libraries are always available.
- anonymfus 9y agoServer Windows versions can have WOW64 disabled.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]