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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 19:24:45 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 64 bit times revisited.. 
Message-ID:  <200110270224.f9R2Ojv06850@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>  of "Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:51:33 PDT." <20011027015133.E4539380A@overcee.netplex.com.au> 

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> Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > If there is a shift in the time_t paradigm, it's going to need to be
> > driven by the industry at large, and it will need to be supported by
> > wider consensus than a small frothing cabal such as currently stands
> > behind this set of proposals.
> 
> Does "Linux" represent a large enough portion of the Unix industry?
> Its 64 bit platforms have 64 bit time_t (long) and their 32 bit platforms
> have 32 bit time_t (long).

If there's a rift in the industry, then siding with Linux is probably
a safe move, given that a sanity check on their activities doesn't
make us barf. 8)

> I wish I hadn't even brought up the possibility of changing i386.  I didn't
> make it clear enough how much I hated the idea of it.

I'm sure we can arrange for you to suffer for it later. 8)


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