The future of 32-bit Linux

The future of 32-bit Linux

Yes, we are reading the same article, but the point is that my viewpoint greatly differs from the article's viewpoint. The article's viewpoint is that 32-bit pointers on 64-bit machines is a question of the last resort, i.e. use 32-bit pointers if you are forced to do so ---- while my viewpoint is to use 32-bit pointers on 64-bit machines when it makes sense, i.e. use 64-bit pointers if you are forced to do so.

• The article generally implies the following: 32-bit pointers are a legacy thing if you have more than 8 GB of RAM
• My comment generally implies the following: 64-bit pointers might be unnecessary even if you have more than 8 GB of RAM