From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 16:02:18 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <20120505160218.0d472eb0@inari.ethans.dre.am> In-Reply-To: References: <4f1198ef9ee73aa22ab59844e561e59c@brasstown.quanstro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] AMD64 system Topicbox-Message-UUID: 83ff90ac-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:38:01 -0400 Russ Cox wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Strake wrote: > > What the hell? This is a waste and a fault. long at least ought to be > > at least a machine word. > > Use vlong. Why does it matter what it's called? > > > The main one is this: I have a 64-bit machine, and I'll be damned if > > my programs won't use every last one of them (^_~) > > They certainly won't. The address space is really only 48 bits wide, > and 47 for user space on most kernels. Sorry to disappoint. > > More generally, you showed up demanding things and basically > being a jerk. People have explained the situation, you didn't pay > anything for any of this, and we don't owe you anything. If you're > not happy about the state of the Plan 9 world, write some code > or stop whining. > > Russ > Relax. I've been seeing this thread as a comedy since about the 10th post or so.