Interesting article on 32 bit vs. 64 bit Programs

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Interesting article on 32 bit vs. 64 bit Programs

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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ricom/archive/2 ... ument.aspx

I've included it here because the PureBasic Crew allows us to create both 32 bit and 64 bit code. I thought it was smart using 64 bit, but was it really? You decide.
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Re: Interesting article on 32 bit vs. 64 bit Programs

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I didn't read the whole article because it's classic bragging blog, by empirical testing using the gcc compiler 64-bit is almost always faster than 32-bit, obviously the programs are going to be bigger.
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