From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 06:14:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA22534 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 06:14:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orion.aye.net (orion.aye.net [206.185.8.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA22529 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 06:14:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rabtter@orion.aye.net) Received: (qmail 19964 invoked by uid 3759); 14 Aug 1998 13:15:00 -0000 Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:14:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "B. Richardson" To: Brett Glass cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t In-Reply-To: <199808141115.FAA21672@lariat.lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Slightly out of thread, but .... do any 32 bit Unices have a 64 bit time_t? I was under the impression (maybe wrongfully so) that they do not. - Barrett Richardson rabtter@orion.aye.net On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > At 11:25 PM 8/13/98 +0000, Mike Smith wrote: > > >Funny, that's what Unix is. A big box full of tools. > > Many of which, due to legacy code, are redundant and cause > unnecessary bloat and confusion. > > >Pick the right one for the job, and you'll bruise much less often. > > Make one more generally useful, and you won't have to root around > hunting for the one (of dozens) that's exactly right. > > It's amazing the excuses people will make not to update their tools! > I suppose this is why so much is still written in C, which is > generally acknowledged to be a rusty tool without safety guards. > > --Brett > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message