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SubjectRe: 64bit port
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jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz said:
> the 64bit kernel is able to run 64bit applications as well (first
> distributions with 64bit apps should be coming soon though).

Does that mean the security problems with 64-bit code have been solved?

The last I heard was that there were UltraSPARC bugs which made it undesirable
to allow users to run 64-bit code, and Sun weren't giving out enough
information to make a workaround.


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