Re: Version after Version

"J French" <erewhon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote


> While the move from 16 to 32 bit was of major significance, the
> emergence of 64 bit processors strikes me as something of a yawn.

Not if you need speed.
When written to take advantage of the 64-bit wide data path, applications
can become twice as fast.


> With the exception of one guy here, I've never run into a system that
> really needs so much memory

All servers "need" it, nowadays.

> To my knowledge Delphi has had the WideString for quite some time, not
> that one uses it much.

Everyone that takes the Asian market seriously, needs full-fledged Unicode
capability of the VCL, not just WideString.



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