Subject: Re: 64bit issues
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Lord Isildur <isildur@guild.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/18/1999 18:53:12
heresy!!??! it's heresy to speak of pointers which _cant_ be manipulated
as integers!! ;-) 

a pointer is an lvalue that has to be manipulated as an integer inside the
processor anyhow! leave the hig-level stuff for people who like high-level
languages! 

(no im not trying to start a flamewar, im just being an extremist for the
sake of argument, but i _do_ cherish and take advantage of interchangable
inetgers and pointers.. :) 

happy hacking,
isildur

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Peter Seebach wrote:
> On most implementations, this works, but the Correct Thing To Do is wait for
> C9X, test for intptr_t, and if it's not there, commit ritual suicide for
> having contaminated yourself with the heresy that pointers are just a special
> kind of integer.