Re: PostgreSQL on 64 bit Linux

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 05:13:58PM +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On the whole, PostgreSQL is still in the phase where we're trying to
> find the best algorithms. When that's done (if ever), we can start
> worrying about processor optimisations...

I don't disagree. :-)

You claimed that PostgreSQL is not tuned to a specific processor, and
relies on the kernel, the compiler, and libc to perform some tuning. I
agree with this as well.

Cheers,
mark

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