Win64 Issues as a End-User Rant

Dan Jenkins dan at rastech.com
Sat Feb 17 11:29:57 EST 2007


Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:

>>Unlike most of the folks that post here, I'm an end user.  :)  Except 
>>that I'm a scientific end-user. 
>>    
>>
>>Ham radio not withstanding - there is no way that EM (Electro-Magnetic) 
>>simulation is in the "end-user" rather than scientific.  EM simulations 
>>require 64 bits for anything remotely complicated.
>>    
>>
>Bruce,
>
>Perhaps you really meant to say:
>there is no way that EM (Electro-Magnetic) 
>  
>
>>simulation is in the commercial rather than scientific.  EM simulations
>>                       ~~~~~~~~~~
>>require 64 bits for anything remotely complicated.
>>    
>>
>since you had already established yourself as an "end-user".
>  
>
As I have a commercial client who is doing EM simulations, I would have 
to say that it is in the commercial "end-user" realm, not just 
scientific. In any event, Bruce is right, you "require 64 bits for 
anything remotely complicated."

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