From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Aug 16 18:37: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3413937B400 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:37:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0934943E4A for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:37:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7H1b10Z053866 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:37:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: from cicely9.cicely.de (cicely9.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:210:5aff:fe30:1c1a]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g7H1b0FJ097374 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:37:00 +0200 (CEST)?g (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: from cicely9.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely9.cicely.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7H1adXN066355; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:36:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely9.cicely.de (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7H1aco3066354; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:36:38 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:36:38 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Yuri Victorovich Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64 bit platform and 32 bit integers Message-ID: <20020817013638.GE65331@cicely9.cicely.de> Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de References: <3D5DA464.F37731F1@tsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D5DA464.F37731F1@tsoft.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely9.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 message