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Re:GNU Emacs 23.2 released by jrockway on Saturday May 08, 2010 @05:41PM (#1330979)
Any change on 32-bit machines will require special CPU instructions, massive Lisp slowdowns, or massive integer math slowdowns.

Considering you can't even buy a new 32-bit machine anymore, however, I don't really see this as a major problem.

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Re:GNU Emacs 23.2 released by koenigdavidmj on Saturday May 08, 2010 @08:56PM (#1331275)
>Considering you can't even buy a new 32-bit machine anymore, however

Netbooks.

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Re:GNU Emacs 23.2 released by dagw on Sunday May 09, 2010 @06:51AM (#1331825)
Most netbooks that have come out in the past 6 month have a 64-bit CPU. Only the old atom N2xx series is 32bit, and they are rapidly being phased out.
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