WATERFOX REVIEW 2015 64 BIT

compilers do not change 32bit optoimized code to 64 bit optimized code before compiling it.Īnd 32bit addons (extensions), like adblock plus, work prefectly well in 64 bit versions. the intel compiler and optimizations should make a faster 64 bit version than the other 64 bit versions, none of which are as yet faster than the 32 bit versions because the code is written for 32 bit. mr alex uses the same code with just the mozilla mandated name/icon changes for the 'about' window. most of the other third party builds modify mozilla code in some way. the 64bit pgo builds at mozilla are very dodgy bleeding edge trials of bug fixes. the 64 trial builds available in mozilla nightlies is not optimized and uses straight 32bit code. And again, that's ignoring the actual issues the 64bit builds have (Currently Mozilla can't even do proper testing of the 64bit builds due to issues with them, so while they might work for a specific workload a end user might have, they're not stable enough for every day use for a large portion of people)ģ2bit firefox doesn't use any 64 bit optimizations. The only functional difference is that you can use 64bit plugins, but since the majority of plugins are 32bit that's not really a benefit. I also don't think using the Intel Math Library would do anything other than make the binary larger, it's a specialised library (Meant for scientific applications), and unless the code is changed to take advantage of it, it probably wouldn't do anything (Really the only thing it could be used for is matrix handling, but they already use optimised code for that) Same with using the Intel compiler.

Most of those are things normal Firefox does (Like PGO, SSE, AVX, jemalloc, optimisation flags, etc.), and that's ignoring stuff like 'Future Proof' (Whatever that means, WoW64 isn't going anywhere any time soon)

Waterfox review 2015