Re: Q: void* vs. unsigned long

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:32:11 -0800 (PST)

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> >>>H. Peter Anvin said:
> > Actually, it will. sizeof(unsigned long) == sizeof(void *) == 8 on
> > 64-bit architectures.
>
> Don't you think that there is a chance that a 64 bit computer will come
> along with 128 bit and 64 bit arithmatic and a 64 bit address space.
>

I don't know (personally, I would classify that as a 64-bit machine,
and most likely it would have long = 64 bit and long long = 128 bit,
just like existing 64-bit machines), but that's not what the question
was about.

-hpa

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