Christos,

Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <457D353B.7010902@Gravier.org>,
> Gilles Gravier  <Gilles@Gravier.org> wrote:
>   
> Solaris does not count because most of the userland is 32 bit still.
>   
Well, the kernel is 64 bit... and it is built so that it allows you to 
run either 32 bit or 64 bit applications seamlessly.

But do you really need a 64 bit "ls" command? Probably not.

So Solaris is designed so that you really get the best of both world. 
Your OS can boot in 32 or 64 bit mode. When it is in 32 it will only run 
32 bit stuff... when it is in 64 bit mode, it will run 32 and 64 bit 
mode stuff... everything that doesn't need to be in 64 bit (why would 
you want a GUI in 64 bit mode? no display handles that many levels per 
primary color, and unicode fits well in 32 bits, and applications like 
office productivity, mail, web certainly don't need 64 bit mode)... but 
anything that you need to run in 64 bit mode will do so fine and 
transparently.

I think Solaris counts very well.

Gilles.

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