Route 64 - Kang Su Gatlin talks about 64-bit | TheChannel9Team

HellSnoopy

Why didnt he let go the Xbox controller during the interview ? Hauhauhauhau. Caught the guy in his break time.

KSG

Actually I was kickin' major butt in Project Gotham II Smiley

KSG

HellSnoopy

That is what I call a major Skill ! Kicking butt while giving an interview about 64-bit !
I can´t even talk about 64-bit Big Smile

Congrats for the great interview !

sparky

Need better questions. Is there some way to suggest questions for upcoming interviews?

Charles
Welcome Change

Ask away, Sparky. Kang's around.

We don't have the bandwidth to ask for user questions before every interview.

C

derekvs
I'd rather be flying

For people like myself, who are really interested in getting a jump on this stuff before it's mainstream, what developer tools are available to begin exploring? Is a 64-bit emulator available? I remember back on Windows 3.1 we could install Win32 to run 32-bit applications. It would be nice to use my new P4, at least for a few months, before throwing it away! Smiley

Buddhike.de.Silva
Buddhike de Silva

Hey!!!! KSG, You Rock dude! Big Smile

KSG

Hi Derek. The good news is that in VS2005 (including the recent CTPs and the soon to be released Beta2!) we have 64-bit devtools as part of it. Just change your platform configuration and now you're targeting Itanium or x64.

The bad news is that I don't know of any emulator to run the code in. You need a 64bit machine to run 64-bit code.

The good news though is that we're just about to ship 64-bit Windows for x64 (like in days), and x64 machines cost pretty the same as 32-bit machines (and you can dual boot 32-bit and 64-bit OS, plus the 64-bit OS will run virtually all of your existing 32-bit apps).

Hope that helps.

Kang Su Gatlin
Visual C++ Program Manager

KSG

Thanks Buddhike, you rock! Cool glasses... their like mine -- when I'm not wearing my contacts. Smiley

KSG