On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:38:57 +0000, john gilmore wrote: >IBM has provided the "fixes" needed to cope with the overflow of the >traditional 8-byte/64-bit STCK value that will occur in September 2042. They >take the form of an STCKE value which is 16 bytes/64 bits in aggregate size
Isn't 16 bytes 128 bits? >Timely support for STCKE values will certainly be provided (is in some cases >already provided) in statement-level procedural languages and the like. > Since IBM has not officially specified the form such support will take, other providers are either guessing or relying on NDA information. I grant that one form is an obvious guess and overwhelmingly likely. And the clock comparator register? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
