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From: casper@fwi.uva.nl (Casper H.S. Dik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.6
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Date: 28 Nov 1996 10:19:46 +0100
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eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) writes:

>While we're on the subject, when will Solaris migrate to the right way
>of doing things: int = 32 bits, long = 64?  Perhaps this will be
>another set of ifdefs in the Solaris 2.7 include files (:-)?


When they'll move to a 64 bit operating system; this will not change
for the 32 bit version nor will it change for 32 bit programs running
on a 64 bit OS. (they will keep the 32 bit V8 ABI, I' think)

Casper
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