Warp wrote:
>   I was just asking, out of curiosity, what is it that makes some people
> believe that a 64-bit system should/might be twice as fast (or just faster
> by some degrees) than an equivalent 32-bit system.

Analogies with other things that work that way, like a V-8 engine having 
twice the acceleration than a 4-banger.

>   It just feels that people never stop to think rationally about these
> things. "What does it actually mean that it's a 64-bit system?"

And some folks don't even know that much, before they ask. Some people 
learn this stuff from the top down, as it were. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     This octopus isn't tasty. Too many
     tentacles, not enough chops.

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