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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:14:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "B. Richardson" <rabtter@aye.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 64-bit time_t 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.95.980814091311.18292A-100000@orion.aye.net>
In-Reply-To: <199808141115.FAA21672@lariat.lariat.org>

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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.

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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
> 
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