[ADMB Users] ADMB for 64-bit GCC in Windows

[Arni Magnusson]

Frankenstein indeed...

"It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the 
panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the 
half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; 
it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs."

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I have just uploaded ADMB for 64-bit GCC in Windows to 
http://code.google.com/p/admb-project/downloads/list, and the accompanying 
64-bit GCC compiler for Windows to 
http://admb-project.org/community/related-software/gcc.

Based on the 'catage' benchmark 
(http://admb-project.org/community/benchmarks/compilers), there is 
considerable computational speed gain between 32-bit and 64-bit GCC in 
Windows. The relative speed on the same machine is roughly:

   1.0  32-bit ADMB in 64-bit Windows 7
   1.3  64-bit ADMB in 64-bit Windows 7
   1.4  32-bit ADMB in 32-bit Linux
   1.6  64-bit ADMB in 64-bit Linux

If this benchmark is representative for ADMB in general, today's release 
should mean around 30% speed gain for 64-bit Windows users.

Arni