Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: forthrightly@no-email.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: SwiftForth Linux eval is 32 bit only! Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 21:18:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: +WPaf99SihO7MMrlVUUdlg.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.forth:1754 On 2011-05-04, Elizabeth D Rather wrote: > > Multilib is available for 64-bit Slackware, but SwiftForth requires the > 32-bit libraries to be installed. Of our beta testers (there were about > 50 of them!), many had 64-bit distros with 32-bit libraries installed > and all worked well with no modification. Our implementation team > members both have 64-bit boxes with 32-bit library support. Of course you can get any 64 bit distro to run multilib but at least up to the latest release there was no official way to do that and really not any need for it..there are very few pieces of software that can't run 64 bit (Acroread and skype are the *only* ones I can think of) and I personally don't want the annoyance of dealing with multilib on builds and wasting space and trashing my directory tree, since virtually everything can be compiled to a 64 bit executable nowadays. >> Will you be making available a 64 bit Linux version for purchasing at some >> point. I am not ready at the moment since I'm just getting started but I >> would certainly consider your company if I do decide to continue working >> with FORTH and curious to know your plans in the Linux area. > > We have no immediate plans for a 64-bit implementation as that is a full > redesign from the bottom up. New assembler, new kernel, all OS binary > interfaces are different. It will probably happen at some point, but I > can't estimate when. Alright then, thanks for letting me know. Cheers, Harry