Re: time_t Re: C interface

From	anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: time_t Re: C interface
Date	2012-07-23 15:32 +0000
Organization	Institut fuer Computersprachen, Technische Universitaet Wien
Message-ID	<2012Jul23.173215@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> (permalink)
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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
>> Would it be possible to specify that time_t be a MINIMUM of 64 bits, and
>> thus the problem disappears on the 64bit architectures?
>>
>> Rob.
>
>The problem doesn't anything like disappear. The point is that you need 
>to know whether you use DUP or 2DUP (etc.) on it. This is the same 
>quandary that causes the <# # #s and #> family of words to specify 
>doubles,

Right.

> whereas on a 32-bit or larger platform that's unnecessary.

I have often dealt with and printed numbers that don't fit in 32 bits.
Exceeding 64 bits is quite rare, though.

- anton
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