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SubjectRe: time_t size: The year 2038 bug?
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Jesse Pollard <pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil> said:

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> The key is that I don't always want a 64 bit int. Sometimes I want a
^^^^^^^^^
As in "very, very occasionally"
would be more accurate for the
wast majority...

> 128 bit int. Ocasionally I need a 4096 bit int, or a 12 bit int, or 36 bit...
^^^^^^^^^^^
As in "once in a blue moon"
for most of us.
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