[m-dev.] 32-bit sources on 64-bit target

[Julien Fischer]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Peter Wang <novalazy at gmail.com> wrote:

>> > How much of a performance gain does unboxed floats and 3 tag bits represent
>> > specifically for the compiler?
>
> Suprisingly, significant: (default speedtest)
>
> mercury_compile.01 average of 6 with ignore=1     10.00
> mercury_compile.02 average of 6 with ignore=1     12.08
>
> Tell me again why we aren't providing 64-bit sources already?

I've put a version of the source distribution with C files generated for 64-bit
machines at <http://www.opturion.com/mercury/>, if anyone want to give it
a try.

Cheers,
Julien.