On 27/04/2018 18:07, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:29:08 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>
>> 1Gb now, 32GB in 5 years' time when the 64 bit is the only RPi still in
>> production?
>>
> Not relevant at present: this discussion is about an RPi 3B running a 64
> bit OS NOW.

We do not seem to singing from the same hymn sheet because it's always
the future that I had in mind  :-)

>
> As for the future, anything that can be compiled now on both 32 bit and
> 64bit systems, like code I'm writing now and have been for the last 10
> years, can simply be recompiled in 5 years time on systems with 64 bit or
> more addressing.

Jolly good!

>
>> Remeber Billy Gates? 640k is more than enough ...
>>
> Indeed, the lesson is obvious: don't design or write anything that
> depends on the limitations of current systems, which primarily means not
> writing in anything lower-level than C - and certainly not in assembler.

I think that my 1923 hymn book is Ancient and Modern, long before the
revisions. Yours?

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