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Subject: Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo
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On 10/2/24 11:52 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 22:25:27 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>> On 10/2/24 6:32 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 00:07:15 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>>
>>>>> GNU/Linux has had 64-bit time for many years already.
>>>>
>>>> It's not just HAVING 64/128-bit vars. Gotta look at every function,
>>>> every line.
>>>
>>> Or, you know, you define a type named “time_t”, which can be specified
>>> to be 32 bits or 64 bits depending on the target architecture build,
>>> and use that type wherever appropriate. Then you don’t have to worry
>>> about it any more.
>>
>> Ummm ... don't think it's that easy.
> 
> It is.
> 
> Think of the huge amount of open-source software that successfully
> compiles, and runs, on Linux running under both 32-bit and 64-bit
> architectures. Both big- and little-endian, even.
> 
> POSIX figured this out decades ago.


   But programmers with deadlines don't always FOLLOW
   that stuff .....