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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: 64 bit architectures and C
Message-ID: <16105@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 10 May 91 22:40:55 GMT
References: <15073@ms.maus.de>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <15073@ms.maus.de> Kai_Henningsen@ms.maus.de (Kai Henningsen) writes:
>LC>        void *  128 bits
>My god - 16 byte addresses?! What is that for a beast?!

It takes 32 bits just to specify the Internet address portion of the
object's capability.

(I invented the model behind that statement, but if you understand
what I'm talking about you should also be able to agree that it would
be a useful implementation, if one could pull it off.)