Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!kth!draken!d88-jwa From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Day of week routine Message-ID: <1158@draken.nada.kth.se> Date: 3 Jun 89 09:25:02 GMT References: <234@zeek.UUCP> <322@xdos.UUCP> <1474@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> <4384@ficc.uu.net> Reply-To: h+@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 24 In article <4384@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >still see a fair number of 32-bit machines 20 years from now, but 64-bit >machines with 64-bit software will be on the rise. In 50 years... who knows. >_Across Realtime_ by Vernor Vinge), but I suspect that 64-bit machines will >be on the way out. So, if computers have stuck with 32 bits for n years, are there not chances that computers will do so for another n years ? And the dawn of parallell cube machines suggest that computing power is increased through new architectures, not through more bits in the registers. Of course, IF Unix (TM of AT&T, isn't it ?) is still around at 2038, I think THAT implementation will take care of the 32-bit problem... Especially since this meeting ALREADY is suggesting something is done about this problem. >Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. -- __ Jon W{tte (The dread Smiley Shark) email:h+@nada.kth.se / \ (+46 (0) 8 258 268) /--- (c) 1989 Yessbox Allright Professional Products Inc. - Y.A.P.P.I. / -- No More --