[OS X TeX] 64 Bit Binaries for TeX Live 2009

[Alain Schremmer]

On Dec 10, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Alan T Litchfield wrote:

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> On 11/12/2009, at 5:04 AM, roberto avanzi wrote:
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>> On Nov 23, 2009, at 18:06 , Richard Koch wrote:
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>>> Folks,
>>
>> Wow.  I firmly disagree with the words "minor speed improvement".   
>> While TeXing the current draft german textbook on number theory  
>> the total compilation time with the 64-bit binaries halves...
>>
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>
> So, 650 page book with tables, xypic graphics, etc., etc. takes 6  
> seconds on PPC G5 dual processor, 6Gb RAM. Halve that to 3 seconds.  
> Shucks that not much :/.
>
> 3 seconds isn't much to save if I am going to be required to  
> upgrade this machine while it still runs perfectly fine.

So, 542 page book with tables, pdf graphics, etc takes 55 seconds on  
1 GHz PPC G4 dual processor, 52 seconds isn't much to save if I am  
going to be required to upgrade this machine while it still runs  
perfectly fine.

Not to dwell on the cinema screen and the second (cheap) screen I  
would have to throw away.

Regards
--schremmer