Keith, On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> wrote: > >>In order to retrieve the key of the tables I received a suggestion to >>use sqlite3_int64 type which should handle big numbers. > >>My question is: Will it work correctly on Windows XP which is 32-bit OS? > > Yes. The size of declared data objects in high level languages has nothing > whatsoever to do with the register, segment offset, or default instruction > length.
Thank you for the explanation. > > 64 bit integers (or even bigger) are available even on the bit-slice > processors (2 or 4 bit ALU's). > >>How my program will behave? > > As designed and coded. > > Most of the hype regarding 64-bit processors is just advertizing > hype/snake-oil and has no basis in reality. For most vendors it is nothing > more than an excuse to sell yet the same old thing over again simply compiled > with a different compiler. Some vendors (such as Microsoft) even go so far > as to ensure they deliberately debilitate (cripple) their compilers to ensure > that the change is as expensive for the consumer (and profitable for the > company) as possible -- though at least their chosen course does mean that > they have to fix (re-write) all the bad design decisions they made previously > (even though in fact they could fix them in the current product and 32/64 bit > is merely drivel spewed to those who do not understand that it is actually > completely irrelevant). > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
