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From: Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.6
Date: 02 Dec 1996 21:27:41 -0800
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casper@fwi.uva.nl (Casper H.S. Dik) writes:

> Marco's suggestion of gradual moving toward 64 bits is flawed because
> you get to transition twice and in a more painful and messy way.

It was supposed to be humorous, but I forgot the :-) and it was a lame
attempt at humor and this thread is way too serious!  Ignore it.

// marc