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Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000

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Subject: Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000
From: "Phillip L. Harbison" <alvitar%xavax.com@localhost>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:39:00 -0400

David Edelsohn wrote:
> "vi" does not need to be a 64-bit app.  "ping" does not need to be
> a 64-bit app.  The only apps that need 64-bits are big databases /
> transaction processing apps, large scientific simulations, and Emacs (:-).

Microsoft Word should break the 4GB barrier by 2004.

...and it still won't be as useful as emacs!  :-)

-- 
Phil Harbison
mailto:alvitar%xavax.com@localhost

References:
- Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000
  - From: David Edelsohn

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