[Python-Dev] Python on 64-bit AIX

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Hi everybody,

I've noted some discussion about Python on 64-bit platforms
on this mailing list lately. The reason I'm posting is that
I am currently installing a Python 1.5 interpreter at a client's
site which is running AIX 4.3.2 on a 2-processor PowerPC machine.
It will use my mx Extensions as add-ons. The compiler used is
gcc 2.95.1. Linking is done with the AIX linker.

Since I can't possibly check all situations where this setup
might fail, I would like to know if anybody else has made
some experience with similar setups.

Python does compile (I had to disable the fcntl module though) and
seems to run fine. My mx Extensions also compile and import
properly, but I haven't run any extended tests yet.

Has Python already been tested extensively on 64-bit machines ?

Thanks for any hints,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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