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Article #22459Re: 64/32 bit processors - impending disaster?
From: Wm E Davidsen Jr
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 21:46
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 21:46
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In article <1990Feb12.182411.5982@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
| If this 64/32 split happens, it's not going to be a happy situation, as
| anyone who's ever fought a 286 in large muddle will realize. Having a
| pointer larger than an integer breaks LOTS of C code.
I think that most of the vendors realize this, although if anyone ever
makes a large model compiler for the 386 it will have the same problem.
--
bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 64/32 bit processors - impending disaster? Message-ID: <2127@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Date: 13 Feb 90 21:46:48 GMT References: <1990Feb12.182411.5982@ico.isc.com> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY Lines: 11