Re: Diff b/w 32bit & 64-bit

[Richard B. Johnson]

On 2 Jul 2002, [iso-8859-1] Måns Rullgård wrote:

> "Albert D. Cahalan" <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
> > Måns Rullgård writes:
> > 
> > > For Alpha: sizeof(int) == 4, sizeof(long) == 8, sizeof(void *) == 8
> > > For intel: sizeof(int) == 4, sizeof(long) == 4, sizeof(void *) == 8
> > 
> > That second line is _only_ correct for Win64.
> 

"Win64"?? Do you mean that M$ now takes credit for SEGMENT:OFFSET?
Good! That'll keep 'em in their place!  Seriously, I think it's
really Win48 --another Windows distortion. Segment descriptor is
16 bits and the offset remains 32.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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