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Even worse than int is long. So much old Unix code that was (incorrectly) using long to store pointer-sized types got broken on other 64 bit platforms.
by TwoBit 6y ago
Even worse than int is long. So much old Unix code that was (incorrectly) using long to store pointer-sized types got broken on other 64 bit platforms.
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- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoThat was an interesting choice by Microsoft. I wonder if it broke 32-bit Windows code? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing#64-bit_data_models https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing#64-bit_data_m...