Re: Ada Pointer Size Problem

[Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>]

Martin Krischik wrote:

> Well, /W64 works for MS-C++ as well.

I don't use C-incremented, either.

> 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.

> 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.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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