I agree, Khai. There are already 64-bit Windows applications (Cinema 4D has a 64-bit version release already). And there are definitely 64-bit MacOS X applications being developed and released (although there are some strangenesses with this GUI issue). And, of course, there are 64-bit versions of *nix systems that have been around for some time. On the other hand, to be fair, there are very few motherboards that have >4GB memory support. They exist, but mainly for multi-processor servers. In due time, this will change. I suspect that within several years, we'll be seeing regular motherboard memory capacities of 16, 32, 128, 256, 512, and even 1024 GB (1 TB - on the leading edge, of course)!

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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