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Subject: Re: why 32 bit ubuntu can install 64 bit openjdk?
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 19:01:54 +0300
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On 03/07/13 17:53, Jukka Lahtinen wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> On 7/2/2013 3:25 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
>
>>> I would think it plausible an OS installer would automatically choose
>>> 64 bit if there is 4+ MB of RAM.
>
>> That would be very stupid.
>> As a 64 bit Java would not run on a 32 bit OS with more than 4 GB of
>> memory.
>
> There wouldn't BE a 32 bit OS with more than 4 GB of memory, if the OS
> installer would automatically choose a 64 bit version.

Arne understood the comment of Roedy differently: he thinks that Roedy 
meant package manager when saying "OS installer". In result, Arne 
thought was thinking that Roedy was suggesting that the package manager 
should install 64Bit Java if RAM > 4GB.