I'd say imagination is irrelevant here. I (you) can surely imagine a lot,
but until we are given a comprehensive set of tools (APIs, functions,
methods) to navigate the 64-bit space, we (I agree on this point) are doomed
to stay 16-bit animals dreaming of the open spaces but gravitationally
chained to the mother Earth. With 3rd generation languages we most
definitely are.

Lo

-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@leif.org]
Sent: 22 ????? 2002 ?. 12:30
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: 64-bit


From: Raikov, Lo <Lo.Raikov@MISYS.COM>
> even if you are given a chance to explore 64-bit data space, what can you
> meaningfully do with it? Low-level tweaking (e.g. sort) does not really
> count.
>

address space is like money and sex, you can't get too much.
Our (your?) imagination what you can  do is still 16-bit.


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