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Subject: Re: 64 bit time_t
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John Baldwin wrote at 10:40 -0400 on Sep 17, 2008:
 > And with amd64/x86-64, it may prove to not really be necessary.

I'm not sure I understand the "may" part.  Aren't we already using 64
bit time_t natively on amd64?  Or maybe you're talking about 32 bit
compat on amd64.