Re: The Apple II is crap

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <20030815032734.29543.00000027@mb-m24.aol.com>,
 mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:

> The move to 64-bit computing platforms, now starting, is
> similarly hampered by the entrenched base of 32-bit
> software.  The ubiquitous "punning" by developers between
> "integer" and "pointer" is a major obstacle to simple porting
> of code to a new addressing model, as it was in the past.

It doesn't seem to be as much of a problem with the PowerMac G5.  It 
mostly seems to just involve a recompile of the code with a compiler 
that understand the PPC970.  (Mac OS X need not apply, that'd take a bit 
more serious work.)  But we'll hopefully start finding out more 
information at the end of the month.

Greg B.

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