[R-SIG-Mac] How to make Mac 64-bit version feature complete?

[Adam Strzelecki]

I guess this discussion is going nowhere. Since I am always wrong I give up.

I say having both R.app, R64.app is doubtful (talking about apps from users perspective), you justify that with dumps of some GCC directories from Xcode developer tools (talking about developer tools directories from developer perspective). Can you find me single other app for Mac that comes as two .app packages for each architecture from one install?

I say installing R in 64-bit Linux and launching R GUI app launches 64-bit version (talking how Linux hides its internals), you say I am wrong because you can launch 32-bit app using --arch param. Yes you can, does it prove it is wrong what I said? Typing "R" in OSX command line also launches R in 64-bit, why not 32-bit then?

I say 64-bit code is faster (haven't used "always", but intentionally used word "code" not "program" or "libraries", because these can be badly ported to 64-bit due old compiler or 32-bit only hand optimized assembly code not working for 64-bits, I refer to the machine code that has more wider registers than in 32-bit mode), you say it is not; because it can be slower of faster depending on task, huh :/

You say 64-bit code always use more memory, then you've probably read that: http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2010/07/01/the-reasons-why-64-bit-programs-require-more-stack-memory/

Altogether I am just plain wrong :)

Thank you,
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Adam Strzelecki