Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 May 2005 03:09:44 +0100 (IST) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day |
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On Sun, 15 May 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:
> 64-bit hardware is mainstream already. Just get an amd processor, > available in both stationary and portable models. Even micoroft > has noticed those, and linux support is old. > 32-bit will hang on for a while longer in the form of old hardware, > but not likely for another 33 years.
You don't need 64bit hardware for a 64bit time_t. 64bit time_t is perfectly viable on 32bit platforms.
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