Re: PHP on 64bit Ubuntu
| From: | alexander lind | Date: | Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:22:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP on 64bit Ubuntu | ||
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On Sep 3, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Robert Cummings wrote:
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 14:52 +0100, Hélio Rocha wrote:But I really, really don't see why it would make the php executable consume 500% more memory! I was expecting an increase of maybe 10-20%. Maybe even 50%. But 500% really just seems over the edge. AlecBut why does that happens?64 bit systems use larger intgegers for accessing the stack and memory. This enables 64 bit systems to access more than the traditional 4.4 gig memory limit without resorting to tricks. This is the whole point of getting a 64 bit system. (well that and performing large number computations more easily)