[fpc-pascal] FreePascal/Lazarus plug-in's for Delphi.

Frank de Groot (Rent-a-Geek) frank at rentageek.no
Thu Dec 18 14:07:21 CET 2008


>> Free Pascal compiler can do 64 bit but no performance benefits so far ?!
>
> There were never supposed to be any.


64-bit code can, in some specialist cases, be made to execute in about 
double the speed of 32-bit code due to the wider registers.
The availability of more registers is another speed-boon to 64-bit code. 




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