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From: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson)
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Subject: Re: C pointers in longs (was Re: looking for >32-bit address space)
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Date: 15 Apr 89 23:28:17 GMT
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In article <11274@tekecs.GWD.TEK.COM> andrew@frip.wv.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) writes:

>But an int must still accommodate the result of subtracting two
	^^^ a signed integral type
>pointers into the same array, so, if you're going to permit arrays of
>more than 2GB, you'll need wider ints.
	   ^^^ 2G objects	  ^^^ signed integral type

Just becuse arrays of one byte objects are limited to 2GB does not mean
other arrays are limited to 2GB.

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