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From: "Sridhar Mahadevan" <mahadeva@cs.umass.edu>
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Subject: Why no 64-bit support for Mac OS?
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:06:02 +0000 (UTC)
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It seems a bit surprising, given that 64-bit support is 
enabled for Windows (XP and Vista) as well as for Linux. 

They are all running on the same processors these days. 
Also, Mac OS X is based on a Unix kernel, so if Linux 64-
bit support is available, why not for Mac OS?

Can we expect 64-bit support for the Mac platform in the 
next release(s)?

- Sridhar