--- In gui4cli@yahoogroups.com, Dimitris Keletsekis <gui4cli@...> wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if current MSVC compiler has a option to compile
> > a 64-bit version. Probably would hardly have any effect on performance
> > but perhaps on compatibility issues?
>
> It doesn't, not the VC6 version I'm using (afaik).
>
> I'm not sure how much work would be involved in converting it to 64
> bit. 99% of the code would probably run without a problem, but that 1%
> may take you ages because bugs may creep up that are not easily
> traceable. You never know till you try though.
>
> Dimitris
>

I undestand! And even if the compiler would allow to compile
64-bit code on a 32-bit system, there's no way to test it.

I came to the idea because the Borland compiler I use has options
to compile for different processor types, but that all concerns
32-bit code.

Chris