Re: 64 Bit Tcl/Tk

Damon Courtney schrieb:
> If I compile Tcl/Tk on a 64 bit platform, will it still be usable on a
> 32 bit platform, or have the build flags forever made it 64 bit?

Depends what your definition of 64-bit platform is. On a linux for AMD64
you often have 32-bit libs and 64-bit libs installed in parallel and can
execute 32-bit apps and 64-bit apps.

So it utterly depends on the operating system if this works in any
meaningful way. Mixing 32- and 64- bit libs in one executable is nearly
always an absoulte no-no.., loading a 64-bit program in anything but a
64-bit os or an emulator of a 64-bit os would surprise me.

So unless you have something like universal binaries which could include
different code architectures or some such construct and support by the
os loader i would assume the answer is a clear no.

Michael
Received on Sun Apr 30 03:10:52 2006