[racket] preference: 32-bit or 64-bit racket?

From: Stephen Chang (stchang at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 9 19:00:37 EST 2011

> Forgive me, but this could stand to be mentioned at least once a year, as a
> reminder... PC hardware tends to become more useful for most technical work
> if one erases Windows and installs GNU/Linux.

I dont disagree but linux still has some mild annoyances with my
laptop, so i run windows.


> (Nowadays, with GNU/Linux being the technical and server platform, and most
> things being doable in a Web browser or on a phone, Windows is mostly useful
> for two purposes: as a program loader for FPS video games, and for
> secretaries who still like to email around .doc files that only work with
> the latest version of MS Word.)




> Stephen Chang wrote at 03/09/2011 06:18 PM:
>>
>> You can build on Windows with VC Express. You just cant use the build.bat
>> script bc there's no devenv. If you use the vcbuild command line tool that
>> comes with VC express, you get some errors.
>
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