in reply to Re^2: Large Windows network: One 32 bit perl or 32 and 64 bit perls?
in thread Large Windows network: One 32 bit perl or 32 and 64 bit perls?

I think you answered your own question: do you use perl for large applications, or just for command line tools?

Reasons to use 64 bits: larger memory use, linking 64-bit libraries, 64-bit integers (those can be mimiced on 32-bit perls as well), large file support (requires 64-bit integers), long doubles (perhaps).

Note that you may not be able to build a 32-bit perl on a 64-bit platform.

BTW, you did read the INSTALL file, didn't you?

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Re^4: Large Windows network: One 32 bit perl or 32 and 64 bit perls?
by Boldra (Curate) on Jan 15, 2010 at 07:07 UTC
    Not sure which file you mean. Do you have a link?


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