[OpenIndiana-discuss] When this misery end?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021, Hung Nguyen Gia via openindiana-discuss wrote:

> Unlike other systems, Illumos is a weirded platform! You have a 64 
> bit OS but the compiler by default will generate 32 bit binaries! 
> The linker by default link 32 bit binaries! This has caused endless

This is not a feature of Illumos, rather it is a feature of the 
compiler delivered by the distribution.

There are compilers targeting Illumos which produce 64-bit output by 
default.

There is nothing actually wrong with 32-bit apps since they can 
safely address 2GB of memory, which is quite a lot.  The 64-bit ABI 
does provide more registers and instructions and improved calling 
convention so code may run faster.

Bob
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