True story. If I wasn't on a phone i'd elaborate more.
On Apr 25, 2012 11:39 PM, "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Strake <strake888@gmail.com> 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
>
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