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Chris Nandor wrote: > Interesting. I still think we should have our own real 64-bit time, > though, since not all platforms will be 64 bit (although by 2020 they may > be), and perhaps not all of them will be LP64 (and I confess to not know > what that stands for :). Simple - LP64 = 'Longs and Pointers are 64 bit'. There are several other alternatives too, although most everyone seems to have settled on LP64. See the paper at http://www.unix-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/lp64_wp.html -- Alan Burlison Solaris Kernel Development, Sun MicrosystemsThread Previous | Thread Next