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

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 22:25:27 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 10/2/24 6:32 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 00:07:15 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

GNU/Linux has had 64-bit time for many years already.

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It's not just HAVING 64/128-bit vars. Gotta look at every function,
every line.

 
Or, you know, you define a type named “time_t”, which can be specified
to be 32 bits or 64 bits depending on the target architecture build,
and use that type wherever appropriate. Then you don’t have to worry
about it any more.

 
Ummm ... don't think it's that easy.

It is.

Think of the huge amount of open-source software that successfully
compiles, and runs, on Linux running under both 32-bit and 64-bit
architectures. Both big- and little-endian, even.

POSIX figured this out decades ago.