[comp.arch] porting to 64-bits

keith@MIPS.com (Keith Garrett) (04/04/91)

In article <3310@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
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>  Ask the person who ported unzip to the Cray about 32 vs. 64 problems.
>I don't remember what it was now, I looked at the problem for an hour or
>two and dropped it, but it was reasonably subtle, and I believe it's a
>warning of things to come. Perhaps MIPS will speak on porting stuff to
>their 64 bit box for testing.
32-bit stuff will run unmodified on the r4k. we'll tell you more at the
chip announcement.
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