Re: 64-bit Libraries [Was Re: Gnome 1.4 / Linux 2.4.x]
- From: Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>
- To: Drazen Kacar <dave arsdigita com>
- Cc: Daniel Veillard <Daniel Veillard imag fr>, <gnome-hackers gnome org>
- Subject: Re: 64-bit Libraries [Was Re: Gnome 1.4 / Linux 2.4.x]
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:59:50 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Drazen Kacar wrote:
> It's not a guarantee, because Alpha is little endian and some buggy things
> would still work as intended on it. And there might be other differences
> between systems, like sizeof(time_t).
Linux/Alpha has 64-bit time_t. Endianness issues have been solved by lots
of people running things on the Sparc, PPC, ARM, etc.
Not saying everything is perfect, just perfect enough to work.
-- Elliot
Who me? I just wander from room to room.
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