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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:48:35 -0000 (UTC)
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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:
> 
>> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:40:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>
>>> For instance, the 2038 problem I'm betting will be ignored until 
>>> 2035.
>>
>> 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.