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From: jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman)
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Subject: Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 00:56 +0100 (BST)
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In article <vdfdcj$2dsh2$7@dont-email.me>, ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence
D'Oliveiro) wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 00:25 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:
> > In article <vdf71h$2cn51$17@dont-email.me>, ldo@nz.invalid 
> > (Lawrence D'Oliveiro) wrote:
> >> It's not being ignored. The Linux kernel added the option to 
> >> build a 32-bit kernel with time_t having 64 bits
> > 
> > The same has happened for Windows and Apple's operating systems. 
> > A lot of the work for 2038 is already done. 
> 
> They're not supporting 32-bit code any more. Linux is.

Apple only run 64-bit code on recent OSes, yes, but Windows 11 still runs
32-bit applications, even though the OS is only available in 64-bit form.
There's no sign of Windows dropping 32-bit applications, and I check
regularly: I'd like to stop supporting them. 

John