From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Oct 28 18:31:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EBE237B407; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:31:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f9T2ihc04347; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:44:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200110290244.f9T2ihc04347@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: John Baldwin Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:35:24 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:44:42 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Changing alpha isn't near as "bad" as changing i386, as it already passes arg > s > in 64-bit registers, so printf won't break, etc. I don't think i386 should > ever change, personally, but I don't think it will really break Alpha near as > much as i386. As with most folk, you forget pass-by-reference here. 8) -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message