Re: [meanwhile way off-topic] Re: Filesize limitation

Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 02:04:35 +0100

> Yes, we should. Like we broke most portable, pd or gpl code
> when we made sizeof(int) != sizeof(void*) on 64 bit

You misspelled "non-portable". Assuming sizeof(int)==sizeof(any*) has
been known as one of the classical "VAXism" fallacies for a long time.
(Rule: Pointers are not numbers. This is actually something good
coming out of learning Pascal. ;-)

For portable code, look at dbz. That one is from 1989 and apparently
works well on 64 bit machines.

olaf