Or / Robert,
Next challenge:
On what date at what time will the 32-bit counter for Unix
date/time roll over to zero?
Given, this is not news, and has been calculated before. It's
one of the things that will be addressed in the newer 64-bit
Unices (Unixes?) well before the spring of 2023.
However, there is a LOT of software out there that makes
the (currently valid) assumption that the return values from
such functions as localtime() are 32-bit. Addressing that
problem will be a little more work.
~~Garry
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From: "Robert Wittig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SURVPC] Billenium
> > Actually, its funny, but the Science Mode in the calculater
> that
> > comes with Windows has a very easy conversion feature between
> > dec/hex/bin/Oct
> >
> > Switch to science mode from the View menu, type a number, and
> then
> > select the radio button from the top left for the system you
> want
> > to see that number in. Rather comfy.
>
> Yeah, I know, that is the calculator I used to do the long
> arithmetic, and then to check my results before posting them.<g>
> I just happen to be studying Assembly Language (the Jeff
> Duntemann book), and am therefore having to do a LOT of long
> calculations anyhow, to sort of 'jump start' my thinking in Hex.
> I also have a manual scientific calculator that does the same
> things. I have to admit, it is a little bit of a rush to do the
> long calculations, knowing full well the possibilities for error,
> just in punching so many numbers, and then to let the calculator
> show me the right answer... when I saw those two end zeros, I
> didn't even have to look at the rest!
>
> -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
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