Re: from 32 to 64

[stan <gryt2 q com>]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:12:05 +0100 (BST)
Patrick Dupre <pd520 york ac uk> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I do observe abnormal results with my applications
> 
> Moving from a 32 to 64 bits architecture, using, c, C++, perl, is
> they something that I should be aware of ? like size of the
> float, integer ?


Yes, in C and C++, shouldn't matter in perl.  If you search on 64 bit
compatibility you will find articles.  There was a post on this list a
long time ago about it also.

Basically, there are special names that adjust depending on arch size.