[csw-maintainers] 64-bit python

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 24.11.2008 um 02:41 schrieb Philip Brown:
>> Am 21.11.2008 um 15:38 schrieb Philip Brown:
>>> if not, then this might be a good reason to deviate from our usual
>>> practice of "ship 64bit with 32bit package", and make a separate
>>> "python64"  package.
>>
>> This goes equally well for Perl.
>
> *gag* *choke*... 64bit perl??? as if perl wasnt bloated enough?!!! :-}
>
> Actually, i'm not exactly sure why someone would want 64bit python  
> either.
> could someone enlighten us?

Features of 64 bit Perl:
- >256 filedescriptors
- >2GB Ram

I needed both of them for an OpenLDAP Perl backend. Building a full
64 bit chain is not that hard and would give us some extra merits ==*:-)


Best regards

   -- Dago