From: dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: [9fans] integer width on AMD64 (was: Re: AMD64 system)
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 17:33:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1411330.QJAbfBr5F9@blitz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c16d42fafcb9d73a58f0f9b4882393ce@brasstown.quanstro.net>
On Wednesday 25 of April 2012 15:32:06 erik quanstrom wrote:
> also, in case you missed it sizeof(int)==sizeof(long)==4 on both 32
> and 64 bit plan 9, so recompiled programs won't get bigger integers
> just for the recompiling.
pardon silly question, but... why, on 64bit machine, P9 uses 32bit ints and
longs?
my impression is, int was supposed to match machine's preferred (best
performance etc.) integeral datatype, and long was supposed to be enough to
hold a pointer? (i.e., sizeof(long) >= sizeof(void*))
--
dexen deVries
Until real software engineering is developed, the next best practice is to
develop with a dynamic system that has extreme late binding in all aspects.
-- Alan Kay
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-05 15:33 UTC|newest]
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2012-04-25 14:28 ` [9fans] AMD64 system erik quanstrom
2012-04-25 18:04 ` Strake
2012-04-25 18:27 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-04-25 18:49 ` Matthew Veety
2012-04-25 19:09 ` Strake
2012-04-25 19:15 ` John Floren
2012-04-25 19:57 ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:04 ` John Floren
2012-04-25 20:30 ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:43 ` John Floren
2012-04-26 1:11 ` Strake
2012-04-26 1:21 ` andrey mirtchovski
2012-04-26 1:24 ` andy zerger
2012-04-26 1:49 ` John Floren
2012-04-26 3:41 ` Strake
2012-04-25 19:19 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-04-25 20:01 ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:05 ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-04-25 20:08 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
[not found] ` <CAL3m8eCJughpHZ6htHyLyq9vORA+z5ajpWMbWjnCTVZ+YZRv9g@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 19:36 ` erik quanstrom
[not found] ` <CA+4OWrwGgkYfuj2t4dkWsZHFex4oFTveDq_9A+yr=TsNpG0C8g@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 18:56 ` erik quanstrom
2012-04-25 19:16 ` Strake
[not found] ` <CAL3m8eDJEo6o+srxuYpKSGDmM+0KgQhC15u7Qxg4TvnpO57Zgw@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 19:32 ` erik quanstrom
2012-04-25 20:13 ` Strake
2012-04-25 20:20 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-04-26 3:38 ` Russ Cox
2012-04-26 4:04 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2012-04-26 4:13 ` andrey mirtchovski
2012-04-26 4:36 ` Strake
2012-05-05 15:02 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2012-05-05 15:33 ` dexen deVries [this message]
2012-05-05 16:41 ` [9fans] integer width on AMD64 (was: Re: AMD64 system) David du Colombier
2012-05-05 17:42 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-05 17:48 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-05-05 17:52 ` dexen deVries
2012-05-05 21:06 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-06 2:58 ` [9fans] integer width on AMD64 Joel C. Salomon
2012-05-06 3:13 ` Bruce Ellis
2012-05-06 8:46 ` Comeau At9Fans
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2012-05-06 13:10 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-06 13:57 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-06 9:20 ` [9fans] integer width on AMD64 (was: Re: AMD64 system) steve
2012-05-06 11:43 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-07 8:53 ` steve
2012-05-07 10:01 ` dexen deVries
2012-05-07 10:16 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-05-07 10:27 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-05-07 10:36 ` dexen deVries
2012-05-08 19:04 ` Comeau At9Fans
[not found] ` <CAOw7k5h9QVUCrKr4jYU++sSWE6DHqbA_oFRwajyKbj7A0AjBWg@mail.gmail.c>
2012-05-07 12:11 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-07 12:32 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-07 12:44 ` erik quanstrom
2012-05-08 19:14 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-05-05 21:00 ` Comeau At9Fans
[not found] ` <CAL3m8eDMXC2STjFjBUurmdY5DynCOrpqwE-ViRuSubfF6HjBOw@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-25 18:11 ` [9fans] AMD64 system erik quanstrom
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