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From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb+usenet@becket.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 16bit C compilers
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:06:39 +0000
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"Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net> writes:

> "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" wrote:
> > Since memory is so expensive these days...
> 
> In many embedded applications, every bit counts,
> more for power consumption reasons than for manufacturing cost.

Right.  But the discussion was about what to do on a 64 bit machine.
I think those processors are not in significant use in embedded
applications.