Re: pdumper on Solaris 10

[Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>]

Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com> writes:

> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> > Modern x86 CPUs can handle 64-bit values just fine, thank you.
>>>
>>> Modern x86 CPUs running 32-bit code (x86, not x32) still need two
>>> register names for each 64-bit value.  With 8 GPRs, that's a significant
>>> problem. So, no, "just fine" isn't accurate here.
>>
>> I again disagree.  And you forget other registers.
>
> I think this is a perfect example of why discussions with Eli are so
> hard. What do you disagree with? Which mysterious "other registers" do
> you mean? Why do you think I "forget" about them, with the implication
> that I do not understand the x86 architecture?

I think it's clear that users of the 32-bit PC architecture are expected
to sacrifice some performance by their choice.  Why cannot the question
whether the tradeoffs are acceptable be reserved to those users?  The
mere existence of the USE_WIDE_INT MinGW configuration is evidence
enough that users exist who do not need our arbitrary judgement.