From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
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   Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:   
   >>Thomas Koenig  writes:   
   >>>Anton Ertl  schrieb:   
   >>[...]   
   >    
   >>>   
   >>>So, kill the 64-bit machines in the scientific marketplace. I'm glad   
   >>>you agree.   
   >>   
   >>Not in the least.  Most C programs did not run as-is on I32LP64.   
   >   
   >The vast majority of C/C++ programs ran just fine on I32LP64.  There   
   >were some that didn't, but it was certainly not "most".   
      
   Yeah, but I remember the switchover to 64-bit pretty well.  Most   
   programs ran ok, but there were quite a few that punned int for   
   a native word and assumed it was interchangeable with a pointer,   
   and it took a very long time to get all of that cruft cleaned   
   up.  That transition was pretty painful.   
      
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