From: Patrick Kelly <kameo76890@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] ken-cc, 64 bits machine, and 32 bits integers
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:54:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <616429A2-F3F1-493E-A0B9-035F5BFC4B10@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100330193718.GA3120@polynum.com>
> "long" is guaranteed to be at least 32 bits by C89. So this could do,
> but could be a little overkill:
> 1) If a compiler set on a 32 bits machine, "long" to be 64 bits? (I
> haven't looked at the sources, but I guess it is not the case for
> ken-cc
> suite).
> 2) On a 64 bits (since Charles Forsyth has done work for amd64 at
> least
> on ken-cc, this exists), I imagine "long" is an octa (64 bits).
Useful reading:
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/comp.html
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/compiler.html
> /* shame */ I have only ia32 machines---and single core... and I
> haven't
> wandered in the sources either...
You should at least look at u.h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-30 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-30 19:37 tlaronde
2010-03-30 19:52 ` erik quanstrom
2010-03-30 19:56 ` EBo
2010-03-30 20:03 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2010-03-30 20:11 ` Charles Forsyth
2010-03-30 22:29 ` tlaronde
2010-03-30 20:54 ` Patrick Kelly [this message]
2010-03-30 22:34 ` tlaronde
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