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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 09:04:43 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 00:51:22 -0500, BGB wrote:

> Generally, using ELF32 on 64-bit targets isn't a thing...

It might have been, if Intel’s promotion of an “X32” ABI (keeping 
addresses at 32 bits, but using the extra instructions for the increased 
register set) for AMD64 had taken off. Even the Linux kernel supported it, 
at one point. But nobody seemed to care.