GMP and 64-bit systems

[NightStrike]

On 6/1/08, Patrick Pelissier <patrick.pelissier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I personally think that Windows-64 should be treated as a 32 bits
> system (ie. 32 bits mp_limb_t, etc..)

This is a bad idea.

>  It is the will of Microsoft to treat Windows-64 like a 32 bits system
> (by setting long to 32 bits).
>  I think we should respect this decision.

No, it is the will of Microsoft to allow developers to take *properly
written code* and be able to supply both 32-bit and 64-bit versions by
simply recompiling.  No #defines, No code forks, no typedefs in the
code -- nothing.  Just use the 64-bit compiler on the same exact code,
and you get a 64-bit binary.  They had a whole pile of reasons for
doing it this way, and it's easy to make code support this model.