32-bit gcc help

[George France]

Hi,

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 12:22 pm, Stephen Williams wrote:
> Mike A. Harris wrote:
> > If you were using AMD64 architecture, you could use -m32 to
> > compile 32bit x86 binaries, as the CPU can run both native 32bit
> > and 64bit code.  ia64 can do similar with emulation, and ppc64
> > can run 32bit ppc binaries also.  There never was a 32bit Alpha,
> > so it has no such capability.
>
> Actually, Windows NT/alpha and Microsoft C/RISC edition was
> definitely *32* bit. It was not compatible with any 32bit alpha
> which never existed) but int/long/void* were 32bit as the
> compiler generated them, so 32bit applications didn't need to
> be ported, per se. (M$ never made a 64bit system/compiler for
> alpha, so far as I know.)
>

Windows NT/Alpha was 64bit, not 32. The product announce is at the URL below:

http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/16872/16872.html


> Also, the DEC compiler for alpha had a "32bit" mode that limited
> the sizes of things in the same way. It needed operating system
> support to keep the application address space within a 32bit
> pointer.

This is also not accurate, but not worth going into at this time.

Best Regards,


--George