On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:

>MH> If the test is just to determine wether or not a 64bit
>MH> architecture is being built for, then __arch64__ is a better
>MH> test.
>
>What is a 64 bit architecture?
>
>Is it about address bus size? (The MC68020 is a 34-bit architecture?)
>About data bus size?  About register size?  (The MC68040 is an 80-bit
>architecture?)  About the size that instructions operate on?  (The P6
>is a 128-bit architecture?)
>
>LP64 has a well-defined technical meaning (it's about the size of data
>types exported by the C compiler.)  I have no idea what ``64-bit
>architecture'' may mean.

There is really no need to be a troll when someone is trying to 
provide useful helpful advice.  If you do not know what 
__arch64__ is, then by all means read ISO C99 and/or the gcc 
or other documentation.

This mailing list is getting more sickening and useless every 
day with useless commentary like yours in response to a helpful 
message.

I guess when the ship sinks however, the whole thing goes down, 
not just part of it.

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