Python on 64 bit/IA-64 ...

[Shiv Shankar Ramakrishnan]

|Python should run out of a box on any IA-64 Unix; activestate is
|working on a Win64 port.
|
|(afaik, the current CVS version builds and runs under Win64)

Is this available publicly? I mean is there at least a read only CVS
access? I couldn't seem to find anything on their site.

|it's platform/tool dependent.  all sane platforms use LP64.
|microsoft doesn't.

Yes I know. I was more worried about P64 platforms. Any idea which are
the other insane :) 64 platforms if any? I think maybe Solaris also uses
a 32 bit long. Or is that due to the fact that I saw that under maybe a
32 bit only compiler?

|in CPython, a python int is a C long, which means that it's 64 bits
|on any sane 64-bit platform.   a python float is always a C double.

If only everyone in the world was sane :) Unfortunately the way MS has
gone, 64bit crossplatform development with Windows also in mind is going
to be a little bit of work.
Thanks,
Shiv