Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day

On Sun, 15 May 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:

64-bit hardware is mainstream already.  Just get an amd processor,
available in both stationary and portable models.  Even micoroft
has noticed those, and linux support is old.
32-bit will hang on for a while longer in the form of old hardware,
but not likely for another 33 years.

You don't need 64bit hardware for a 64bit time_t. 64bit time_t is perfectly viable on 32bit platforms.

regards,
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