Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:36:38 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely9.cicely.de> To: Yuri Victorovich <yuri@tsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64 bit platform and 32 bit integers Message-ID: <20020817013638.GE65331@cicely9.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <3D5DA464.F37731F1@tsoft.com> References: <3D5DA464.F37731F1@tsoft.com>
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 09:18:28PM -0400, Yuri Victorovich wrote: > I have question that maybe was already answered: > > Alpha is 64 bit platform, but integer on FreeBSD-alpha > is 32 bits. It would seem logical for me tht it should be 64 > bits also. Although it doesn't make much difference > for usual apps. > > So why it's 32 and not 64 bits? The standard text to explain this is here: http://www.unix-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/lp64_wp.html -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the messagehelp
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