Subject: Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000
To: None <port-powerpc@netbsd.org>
From: Phillip L. Harbison <alvitar@xavax.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 08/14/2002 01:39:00
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!  :-)

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Phil Harbison
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