Re: Ada Pointer Size Problem

[Adrien Plisson <aplisson-news@stochastique.net>]

Martin Krischik wrote:
> Jeffrey Carter wrote:
>>Every C 
>>I've ever used allowed a pointer or address to be stored in an int.
> 
> 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.

in C and C++ on most 32 bits platforms:
sizeof( void *) == sizeof( long ) == sizeof( int ) == 4
that's why he is allowed to store pointers in an int. to use 64 bit wide 
integers, you have to use __int64.

so I don't think he missed the 80286 and its bunch of wonderful memory 
models...

> And you have not yet arrived the great new world of 64 bit computing - where
> a pointer is twice the size of an int.

well, we have to get prepared for the future world of 128 bit computing.
coming sooner or later to a computer near you !

-- 
rien