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Subject: Re: [9fans] 5c vs. 8c: unknown vlong LIST
From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
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> but now i'm confused why 8c can handle it and 5c can't.

8c can handle it because it has special case
code for most of the 64-bit ops instead of
calling library routines.

russ