On 2/14/07, Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1a) Though, of course, there will be one other 64-bit application to become of considerable importance to the *nix community by, oh, 2038. Hopefully 32-bit will be mooter than moot by then.
Depending on the situation, it may be possible to work around problem of time_t being implemented as a 32-bit signed integer in ways other than changing it to a 64-bit signed integer. (Just like it was often possible to fix Y2K issues without switching to four-digit year storage.) In particular, if the code never looks at dates before 1 Jan 1970, switching to a 32-bit UNsigned integer should gain an additional 68 years with only code patching (no data changes). Yah, I know, nobody cares. But it's do this or work. :) -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
