[Python-Dev] id() on Win64
Fredrik Lundh
Fredrik Lundh" <effbot@telia.com
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:56:02 +0200
neil wrote:
> [Greg Stein]
> >Strictly speaking: the Long only occurs on Win64 platforms.
> >
> >I would guess that it is also possible on say, an Alpha running
> >Linux. Presuming that has 64-bit pointers(?).
>=20
> I think the Alpha is okay. The problem is strange type models
> were int is 32 bits and pointers are 64. AFAIK, the Alpha uses
> 64 bits for both.
is this true for linux alpha too?
it's definitely true for tru64; we've been using python
extensively on that platform since 1995:
http://www.smhi.se/weather/satelitbilder/satellitbilder.htm
(in swedish, but I suppose you all can figure out what
it is anyway ;-)
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