[Info-vax] OT: news from the trenches (re: Solaris)

[Bob Koehler]

In article <55034b0d$0$24548$c3e8da3$f6268168 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> On 15-03-13 10:04, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> 
>> 64 bit support was and is a disaster. 32 bit and 64 bit code can't coexist.
> 
> If that is the case, how did Apple manage to progressively make OS-X go
> from 32 to 64 bits ?  There was a time where much of the OS was still 32
> bits but allowed apps to be 64 bits and vice versa for more recent times.

   And I've been running a mixture of 32 bit and 64 bit code on my Alpha
   under VMS for many a years now.  Ony under DEC UNIX did I run in pure
   64 bit on Alpha.

   Just because someone got it wrong, doesn't prove that it can't be
   done.