Migration to Perl64 bit

Jith has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Migration to Perl64 bit by Discipulus (Canon) on Feb 16, 2016 at 10:59 UTC
Hello Jith generally speaking a 64bit version of a program can address a huge amount of memory. See 64 bit on wikipedia. This is valid for Perl too. Regarding the module you cited it seems it could works fine on both arch. version matrix is a useful things! Because your mention of 64bit and win32 (well the namespace Win64 on cpan does not exists) be sure to be aware of possible pitfalls. read mines Re: Cannot execute external process: Win32 Win64 SysWOW64 and System32 redirection Re: Failed to load OTAClient DDL in Win32::OLE while working on Windows 7 64bit L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply]
Re^2: Migration to Perl64 bit by Jith (Novice) on Feb 16, 2016 at 11:21 UTC
Thanks Discipulus	[reply]
Re^3: Migration to Perl64 bit by Discipulus (Canon) on Feb 16, 2016 at 11:47 UTC
i addition you can always give a try using strawberry perl's portable editions 5.22.1.2 / 64bit 5.22.1.2 / 32bit 5.22.1.2 / 32bit - without USE_64_BIT_INT install the module and see the tests results or test with your intended program the portable installations, after this you can easyly remove them L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply]
Re: Migration to Perl64 bit by davies (Monsignor) on Feb 16, 2016 at 12:37 UTC
Since I wrote What Windows 64 bit traps are out there? and read the helpful replies, I've rarely used 32 bit Perl. I've had no problems with doing seriously advanced stuff in Excel using Win32::OLE. Regards, John Davies	[reply]