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Subject: 64bit machine access (WAS Re: 64bit OS and TCL (any effects) ?) - DN [1]

Jeffrey Hobbs <jeffrey.hobbs@scriptics.com> - 05 Feb 2000 - comp.lang.tcl

 Cameron Laird wrote:
 >
 > In article <3899B8F5.D9C48B95@scriptics.com>,
 > Scott Redman  <redman@scriptics.com> wrote:
 > >Please be more specific.  Tcl/Tk works fine on 64bit Alpha,
 > >HP-UX, Solaris, etc.
     ...
 > To first order.  In fact there continue to be blemishes
 > in the Tru64 Unix and HP-UX builds with every release,
 > in my experience.  There seem to be no gross systematic

 I'm somewhat aware of the issues.  I do know that for the
 only true (stable) 64 bit machine we have in-house, Solaris 7
 on an UltraSparc, there are no known blemishes.

 There are about 20 open build related bugs, a few of them
 64 bit related, that I can't really test because I don't have
 access to the machines.  This is where community support for
 such verification comes in.  If someone could just make me
 an account on such a machine, that would help.  Machines I'd
 like to see build/tests done on:

     IRIX64-6.5+
     Tru64
     Solaris x86 (I may be getting one of these soon)
     Alpha/NT
     Alpha/OSF
     Alpha/Linux
     PPC Linux
     (Free)BSD
     HP 11 (with threads and 64bit)
     Cray (or other 64bit int machine)

 Just so people know what I build and test on regularly:

     Solaris 2.5.1-2.7 (the whole 64bit/threads gamut)
     HP 10.20 (gcc)
     AIX 4.2 (IBM xlc)
     IRIX 6.3 (not 64 bit, MIPSPro cc)
     x86/NT (VC++5)
     x86/Linux (Redhat6.1, gcc)

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    Jeffrey Hobbs                          The Tcl Guy
    jeffrey.hobbs at scriptics.com         Scriptics Corp.