Why are still not at 64 bits and a bit of Linux History

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Thu Feb 15 17:25:39 EST 2007


On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:56:15 -0500
"Jon 'maddog' Hall" <maddog at li.org> wrote:

> I actually thought that VMS was 64-bit right from the get-go on Alpha
> (1993), but I could be wrong on that....
No. It was 32-bits on the Alpha and still is. I followed up on that
last year at the IDF in Houston. It was one of the things I
specifically asked one of the VMS developers. 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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