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

From: Greg Hendershott (greghendershott at gmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 9 13:56:56 EST 2011

On Windows 7 I would if I could. A 64-bit build of Racket for Windows
could utilize more than 2 GB.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Noel Welsh <noelwelsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Increased memory bandwidth and more registers are the main benefits
> I'm aware of. I'm not sure if Racket exploits the later, but it should
> benefit from the former.
>
> N.
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:35 PM, John Clements <clements at brinckerhoff.org> wrote:
> ...
>>
>> In any case, I thought I'd just ask: how many of you are using 64-bit builds, and how many are using 32-bit builds? Are there compelling advantages to the 64-bit build that aren't occurring to me?
>>
>> John
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