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I mean, 64-bit computing at most doubles memory requirements, and there have been many other things motivating a doubling since the days of 32-bit computing. (
by zahlman 2mo ago
I mean, 64-bit computing at most doubles memory requirements, and there have been many other things motivating a doubling since the days of 32-bit computing.
(And even more so since the days of 16-bit computing. For example: high-resolution, full colour monitors.)
- jambalaya8 2mo agoyes, but x64 requirement made the sorta standard low-end laptop ram amount of 2-4 gigabytes of sdram suddenly a "new minimum" of 4-8 gigabytes of sdram, even for linux, unless you optimize, and even then you kind of need 4gb.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2mo agoThere is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X32_ABI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X32_ABI for AMD64 at least. But it's looking rather bitrotten and is frowned upon by the snobs. Nobody is using it. Justine Tunney's https://www.justinetunney.com/ https://www.justinetunney.com/ APE and Cosmopolitan libc shows what's possible, though. https://www.justinetunney.com/cosmo3/ https://www.justinetunney.com/cosmo3/ https://www.justinetunney.com/ape.html https://www.justinetunney.com/ape.html https://www.justinetunney.com/matmul/ https://www.justinetunney.com/matmul/ And then there is vibecoded stuff like https://isene.org/chasm/ https://isene.org/chasm/ I think there is much more to be expected coming from that direction, overthrowing decades old cargo-cults :-)