On Saturday 05 July 2003 16:40, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The net stats are already unsigned long internally.
>
> 64-bit case is handled quite nicely today, thanks :)
I wonder why jiffies are not unsigned long...the 64-bit case would have been
handled quite nicely too... :-)
> I'm such a 64-bit bigot that "buy a 64-bit computer" is a solution I
> commonly suggest, and it seems to fit well here, too.
I wish I had the resources to get one... :-(
The thing is that x86 is here to stay for quite some time. Even if 64-bit
processors take over the market, you will have so many "old" computers that
can:
- - be thrown out
- - donated to some institution
- - converted to routers, and other "embedded" systems
Plus, they will be dirt cheap.
> Jeff, wondering if Intel will bother to compete w/ Athlon64
Intel screwed up with Itanium, if it had "legacy" support, they would have
been better off...
Jeff.
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