script limits

Geoff Canyon gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com
Thu May 16 16:07:01 EDT 2002


>> I should add that, of course, 4 gigabytes will be a tight fit in
>> less than 10 years. I hope Scott is ready by then ;-)
>
>We're already there: MetaCard has already been ported to 64-bit
>systems, including DEC Alpha (which as it turns out we no longer
>support: Compaq discontinued that processor line because apparently
>the world doesn't really need 64 bit computing just yet ;-)
>
>You'll still be limited to 4GB per object until/unless we change the
>file format, but that 4GB address space is not shared on 64-bit
>systems like it must be on 32-bit systems.
>  Regards,
>    Scott

Nice to know you're thinking ahead, Scott -- I can hardly wait to get started writing systems with multiple gigabyte-plus scripts! ;-)
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regards,

Geoff Canyon
gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com




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