The author demonstrates compiling the Janet programming language for Linux's x32 ABI, which uses 32-bit pointers on 64-bit systems to reduce memory usage while maintaining 64-bit computation speed. Testing showed ~20% memory reduction on Arch-based systems, though compilation and packaging support remain limited across major distributions.
Background
The x32 ABI is a Linux application binary interface that runs 64-bit code with 32-bit pointers, offering potential memory and cache efficiency gains. It remains largely unused due to limited distribution support and packaging infrastructure.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026 at 06:26 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10