Warp wrote:
> 
>   I have to take that back.
>   I just tested it again, and with a small test scene the 64-bit compile was
> about 7% faster than the gcc compile. Perhaps I just did just something wrong
> the first time.
>   On the other hand, the binary is almost twice as large... :)
> 
>   Btw, the 'int' type is still 32-bit. It's the 'long' type which becomes
> 64-bit. (And of course pointers are 64-bit.)

I have to agree with your findings.  I have not seen my builds of POV-Ray run
any faster when I select the 64bit UltraSparc target and turn on a bunch of
optimizations.  Perhaps the problem is with the application itself :)   

Dennis

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