Solaris Developer Quiz January 3, 2007

Lippman

Which version was the first 64-bit version of Solaris?
a) Version 2.5, released in in 1996
b) Version 2.6, released July 1997
c) Version 7.0, released November 1998
d) Version 8.0, February 2000

The correct answer is a and c.

A bit of a trick question.

Solaris Version 2.5 actually introduced 64-bit computing with expanded registers and PCI bus. Solaris Version 7.0 was the first version that fully supported 64-bit computing on SPARC and x86 architectures. It provided and environment for building and running 64-bit applications that can use large files and large virtual address spaces.


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