Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo

On 01/10/2024 17:41, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-10-01, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
 

    I think 32-bit is (already) kinda obsolete whether
    anybody wants to admit it or not.
>
    Didn't take long, did it ?
>
    LONG back some guy at a computer store (remember
    those ?) asked my why anybody would WANT 16-bit
    chips/vars. This was in the c64/Atari-800 days.
    I told him "graphics !" - and was right.
>
    NOW I wonder if 128-bit should be the aim of
    all future standards. It'd be HARD to use up
    128 bits for almost anything.

 In other words, "128 bits ought to be enough for anybody."  :-)
 

It is a curious and interesting speculation, because as processing power ad address space have gone up, so many things that were simply impossible, have become commonplace.
Like real time simulation.
And massively parallel computer models, that are fantastically accurate creators of arbitrary results when based on suspect data and assumptions...:-)
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