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Article #20783Re: looking for >32-bit address space [and how will C handle it]
From: Andrew Klossner
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1989 21:20
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1989 21:20
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"Perhaps int1, int2, int4, int8 etc would be a good way of
doing it (i.e. the number of bytes would be explicityly stated
in the definition)."
This would impose an eight-bit byte, binary, twos-complement model on
the computer's arithmetic, and would render the language unsuitable for
machines like the PDP-10 (36 bits) and older CDC machines
(ones-complement). Is the world ready for the constraints of this
model?
-=- Andrew Klossner (uunet!tektronix!orca!frip!andrew) [UUCP]
(andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!orca!tekecs!frip!andrew From: andrew@frip.wv.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: looking for >32-bit address space [and how will C handle it] Message-ID: <11300@tekecs.GWD.TEK.COM> Date: 17 Apr 89 21:20:46 GMT References: <1032@myrias.UUCP> <12289@reed.UUCP> <16568@winchester.mips.COM> <1326@softway.oz> <684@ultb.UUCP> Sender: andrew@tekecs.GWD.TEK.COM Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon Lines: 14