On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 11:41:34AM +0100, Christian Biere wrote:
> > But do you really need a 64 bit "ls" command? Probably not.
> 
> Do I need a 32-bit ls? Probably not.

The 32 bit "ls" binary is smaller and uses less memory. But "ls" is really
a bad example.

There's a lot of software out there which has problems on 64 bit platforms.
And under Solaris 10 you can easily compile it in 32 bit mode and don't
worry about 64 bit compatibility.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/