Does programming to dual core & 64bit systems is differe

MasterGod · Post by **MasterGod** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:24 pm

My friend is going to buy a new computer but he isn't sure if choosing dual core and 64 bit processor would have him learn how to program especially to this kind of hardware?

Hoping you understand what I'm trying to ask, thank you still.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:48 pm

well, he can just code normally and not have any effect on things. I'm running Vista 64-bit on my machine, a dual core, but compile Irrlicht in 32-bit mode (because of some errors I was getting compiling it in 64-bit and didnt want to worry about the time), and its not a multithreaded app so it only runs on one of the cores

only if he takes advantages of the extra 64-bit stuff or threaded apps is it going to help him

ebo · Post by **ebo** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:07 pm

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Yes, but ...

Of course there is a difference ... it's dual core and 64 bit. But most of the time it wont matter. You gain a lot more possibilities for race conditions on a multiprocessor system. You shouldnt do multithreaded programming anyway, if you have questions like that

Same for 64bit: You need a 64bit OS to even use it and you should know what you do before installing one.

MasterGod · Post by **MasterGod** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:17 pm

So you say he can program normally but he also has the option to use the new technology (if he knows how).

Ok, thanks.