RE: php installer for windows 2008 x64

> Is it the case that more bits doesn't mean faster? Just larger
integers and address ranges?

Not quite.  x64 also has extra registers and some new instructions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Architectural_features

Louis Solomon
www.SteelBytes.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Quadling [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 6:09 PM
To: Andi Gutmans
Cc: Ruslan Yakushev; Azfar Hashmi; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] php installer for windows 2008 x64

2009/8/4 Andi Gutmans <[email protected]>:
> Just to confirm what Ruslan points out: 32bit PHP is actually faster
> than 64bit and as we're multi-process there are no real benefits to
> using 64bit PHP (PHP also has a longer track record in 32bit
> environments).
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ruslan Yakushev [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:03 PM
>> To: 'Azfar Hashmi'; '[email protected]'
>> Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] php installer for windows 2008 x64
>>
>> 32bit PHP available at http://windows.php.net/download/ runs well on
>> Windows 2008 x64 with IIS 7.
>>
>> There is also a 64bit build of PHP available here:
>> http://windows.php.net/qa/ but I have not heard about any benefits of
>> using it comparing to 32bit. Also, it is a QA build, not the final
>> release build.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Azfar Hashmi [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:23 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [PHP-WIN] php installer for windows 2008 x64
>>
>> Does php support windows 2008 x64 (IIS7), if yes then where do I found
>> the installer and zip version.
>>
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Is it the case that more bits doesn't mean faster? Just larger
integers and address ranges?

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