Re: 32-bit vs. 64-bit x86 Speed

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
13 Apr 2007 12:48:57 -0400

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George Peter Staplin <georgeps@xmission.com> wrote:
>
>The 2038 bug generally is fixed by a 64-bit computer.

Not entirely. There are many external data layouts that use 32 bit time_t
in some form, most prominently filesystems.

Tony.
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