TLorD wrote:

> Just my thought: why signed 32 bit values? Unsigned should buy something 
> like
> 100 more years, and I don't think many programs use negative values (but I
> might be very wrong)

time(3) (and a number other functions that return time_t) returns -1 as 
an error condition.  And time(3) is a standard C function, so it can't 
just be changed.

Apart from that, I seriously hope that in 30+ years, we won't be using 
C-based operating systems anymore but I'm rather sure that I will be 
disappointed...

mkb.