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Re: exotic CPU hardware
From: |
Jeffrey Walton |
Subject: |
Re: exotic CPU hardware |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:02:26 -0500 |
On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 3:49 PM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
>
> Paul Eggert wrote:
> > update it to mention two current platforms where sizeof(size_t) ==
> > sizeof(ptrdiff_t) but index arithmetic does not behave in the usual way
>
> Are these *current* platforms? The currently sold Unisys ClearPath Dorado
> machines contain Xeon processors.
I think the closet you will come nowadays for commodity hardware is
segmented memory on i386. sizeof(size_t) is different when compared to
modern memory models. If you are not targeting a DOS machine then you
probably will not experience a problem.
Jeff
- indsize: New module, Bruno Haible, 2020/12/03
- Re: indsize: New module, Paul Eggert, 2020/12/03
- Re: indsize: New module, Bruno Haible, 2020/12/03
- Re: indsize: New module, Paul Eggert, 2020/12/03
- Re: indsize: New module, Bruno Haible, 2020/12/03
- Re: indsize: New module, Paul Eggert, 2020/12/04
- Re: exotic CPU hardware, Bruno Haible, 2020/12/04
- Re: exotic CPU hardware,
Jeffrey Walton <=
- Re: exotic CPU hardware, Paul Eggert, 2020/12/05
- Re: exotic CPU hardware, Paul Eggert, 2020/12/05