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What are the real life use cases for tagged pointers? [closed]

What are the real life use cases for tagged pointers? This is mostly coming from reading about small 64-bit systems and possible uses of 64-bit word pointers. To my understanding tagged pointers are …
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What is the gain from 64-bit architecture?

I played with 8-bit machines (C64), I used 16-bit machines (Win 3.1), I enjoyed flat 32-bit address space (Linux). Every time as a user (which was also means being a developer for fun or profit) I fe …
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