Because SL 64-bit with 32-bit compatibility is great ! It allows to run any application whatever is its preferred mode. The point is that compatibility mode without the compatibility for interpreted language is not a full compatibility mode. Michel --On jeudi 26 avril 2007 15:48 +0200 Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Michel > > I still fail to understand what problem are you trying > to solve here ....: > > Either the application in question can be ported to > 64 bit (so no problem ..) or not: then why to run it > on an 64 bit system in first place ? > > SL exists in both 32 and 64 bit variants ... > > Cheers > > Jarek > > __ > ------------------------------------------------------- > _ Jaroslaw_Polok ___________________ CERN - IT/FIO/LA _ > _ http://home.cern.ch/~jpolok ___ tel_+41_22_767_1834 _ > _____________________________________ +41_78_792_0795 _ > ************************************************************* * Michel Jouvin Email : [log in to unmask] * * LAL / CNRS Tel : +33 1 64468932 * * B.P. 34 Fax : +33 1 69079404 * * 91898 Orsay Cedex * * France * *************************************************************