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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: /etc/shmcreate, how does it do it?
Summary: int not always = 16 bits
Message-ID: <243@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 7 Aug 88 06:52:47 GMT
References: <162@focsys.UUCP>
Organization: One of the Eternal Champions - Richfield, MN, 554232523, USA
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In article <162@focsys.UUCP>, larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson) writes:
> [..] The second
> parameter specifies the size in bytes of the segment, and this is
> an int. Therefore, only 65535 bytes can be specified!

Remember, an int is not always 16 bits.  I'm not sure, but if the 80386 is one
step closer to Intel's slugfest with the CPU curve that is aymptotically
approaching a real machine, perhaps an int has been implemented as 32 bits by
some Unix vendors...?
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