x86_64?

[Gustavo Gutierrez]

2008/2/6 Denis Medvedev <a_mdl at mail.ru>:
> Hi, Gustavo,
> I understand the problem with tagged references.
> What do you think, is it possible to move references to 64bit format? Or way too much work?
> In 32bit system they will be with leading zeroes.

I think that is possible as far as i know. Maybe someone else with
knowledge about mozart internals could  give some hints or potential
issues here. I don't know how much time this can take.

Cheers,
Gustavo.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Gustavo Gutierrez" <ggutierrez at atlas.puj.edu.co>
> To: "Denis Medvedev" <a_mdl at mail.ru>, "Mozart hackers" <hackers at mozart-oz.org>
> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:46:49 -0500
> Subject: Re: x86_64?
>
> >
> > Dear Denis,
> >
> > This is not the first time that question comes up and i will try to
> > answer you. You can _build_ and _use_ mozart on X86_64 bits machines
> > but it wont take the best from that architecture (platform). I think
> > tagged references are the critical point, they are 32 bits in size and
> > are the way to represent and distinguish between untyped language
> > entities inside the mozart virtual machine (integers, records, etc.).
> > Having a port to a 64 bits would bring some benefits to mozart, for
> > instance small integers can be even larger. So the question will be:
> > How easy (feasible) is to port mozart to 64 bits? To my knowledge it
> > will require some time and effort. Maybe other's hackers can answer
> > this question in a deeper way.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gustavo G.
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2008 1:43 AM, Denis Medvedev <a_mdl at mail.ru> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > Is it possible to port Mozart to x86_64? Is there any developments going in that direction?
> > >                           Best regards,
> > >                           Denis Medvedev
> > >
> > >
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Gustavo Gutierrez