True story. If I wasn't on a phone i'd elaborate more.
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