>>>> The garbage collection on a 128-bit processor will take most of it's power
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>>>Why would that be ?
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>>I am not a specialist on this field, so please don't shoot me if I have misunderstood something here. As far as I know, the processing power necessary to do the garbage collection, increases exponentially by the number of bits involved. This was heavily discussed here when the first 64-bit Intel processors arrived, and it's also one of the reasons why a 64-bit processor isn't that much faster than a 32-bit processor.
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>embolded part knew to me.
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>quick googling only turned up:
>http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxinfo/v3r0m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fliaag%2Fwp64bit%2Fl0wpbt00_comparing_ws64_vs_31bit_study.htm
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>and while there certainly is a correlation between heap size and GC time, alloting 1/3 more for increased pointer size should not fall in the same category.
>If you come across such articles, pls. give a hint.
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>tia
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>thomas

I have only written what I concluded from the discussions when the 64-bit version of Windows was in the horizon. Possibly others can fill in the gaps for me.