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The 3.4 merge window is closedThe 3.4 merge window is closedPosted Apr 2, 2012 11:44 UTC (Mon) by paulj (subscriber, #341)In reply to: The 3.4 merge window is closed by gmaxwell Parent article: The 3.4 merge window is closed
It's not just about absolute memory-size savings, but also about speed. If your application is memory-traffic (not size) intensive, having to traverse heavily linked data-structures, then 32bit pointers can help make your data more compact and so make more efficient use of the memory bandwidth, which can lead to your programme performing faster.
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The 3.4 merge window is closed Posted Apr 2, 2012 13:02 UTC (Mon) by james (subscriber, #1325) [Link]
...and more efficient use of cache, of course.
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