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To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (95872)	2/29/2000 8:12:00 PM
From: Gopher Broke	of 1576066

Monica, Actually there are a lot of pieces of software that will not run any faster, even if compiled to run as 64 bits. If you only need 32 bits (or 16 or 8) then it is wasteful in memory to use 64 bits and the resulting code/data bloat can actually hurt your overall performance. A lot of the advantages of 64 bits can be achieved just by getting the parts of the OS involved in bulk data transfer up to 64 bits (memory management, disk/display/network drivers etc) and letting the apps do a natural migration over a few years. Look at how Microsoft did the 16 to 32 bit migration for Win95, for example. You would be surprised how many 16 bit Windows applications you are still running without knowing it.

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