From: "Niels Christiansen" <nchr@us.ibm.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] What's taking all the system time..?
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:04:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590698805965@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590698805950@msgid-missing>
> > Is it just an urban myth, or was it once declared upon
> > high that longs shall always be 32 bits, ...
>
> I'm not sure it's even an urban myth. The first (1978)
> edition of K&R lists sizes of integral types on some
> sample hardware. Longs were 36 bits on a Honeywell 6000.
> Longs have never uniformly been 32 bits.
Could be an urban myth but that neither makes it right
or makes sense. As for Guantanamo Bay, don't wish it upon
anybody.
... Niels
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-30 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-30 5:48 [Linux-ia64] What's taking all the system time..? Duraid Madina
2002-01-30 6:21 ` Stephane Eranian
2002-01-30 6:26 ` Niels Christiansen
2002-01-30 6:44 ` duraid
2002-01-30 6:46 ` duraid
2002-01-30 6:54 ` Stephane Eranian
2002-01-30 6:58 ` Niels Christiansen
2002-01-30 7:02 ` Niels Christiansen
2002-01-30 7:27 ` Niels Christiansen
2002-01-30 9:36 ` duraid
2002-01-30 10:04 ` [Linux-ia64] What's taking all the system time..? The unaligned accesses are! Duraid Madina
2002-01-30 17:43 ` [Linux-ia64] What's taking all the system time..? Boehm, Hans
2002-01-30 17:49 ` Grant Grundler
2002-01-30 18:04 ` Niels Christiansen [this message]
2002-01-30 21:57 ` Jim Wilson
2002-02-01 21:28 ` David Mosberger
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