Re: Ada Pointer Size Problem

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> Martin Krischik wrote:
> 
>> Well, /W64 works for MS-C++ as well.
> 
> I don't use C-incremented, either.

After more the 10 years of C++ I do envy you.

>> Then you have used C only in a very small windows of opportunity. You
>> have missed the intersting world of the 80286 with it's host of very
>> interesting memory models.
> 
> I have indeed avoided using C on most platforms.

You are a very lucky man that you could make that decision.

>> And you have not yet arrived the great new world of 64 bit computing
>> - where a pointer is twice the size of an int.
> 
> Actually, I started my career in professional software development in
> the world of 60-bit computing, with 120-bit double-precision
> floating-point values. Most processors since then have seemed sort of
> like a step backwards. However, they cost a lot less and didn't take up
> most of 2 floors at the university computer center.

<grin>

With Regards

Martin

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