Star Porting Linux Applications to 64-bit Systems
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 16th Apr 2006 07:54 UTC
Linux With the pervasiveness of 64-bit architectures, it's more important than ever that your Linux software be 64-bit ready. Learn how to avoid portability pitfalls when making declarations and assignments, bit shifting, typing, formatting strings, and more.
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Variable size integers
by mOOzilla on Sun 16th Apr 2006 10:10 UTC
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2006-04-11

Well with applications that require user intervention alot then speed is not an issue. Computer performance doubles so quickly, shelf life of PCs is 2 months in the store. Get a faster machine if you really want that killer app. If my machine runs slow, then I get a better one. Its the same old excuse, MUST CODE C, it will be uber fast but what are you really saving, not alot for user based apps.

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RE: Variable size integers
by WorknMan on Sun 16th Apr 2006 15:34 in reply to "Variable size integers"
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2005-11-13

Computer performance doubles so quickly, shelf life of PCs is 2 months in the store.

Maybe, but you can still get by with a computer you bought 6 years ago. Unless, of course, you're playing games ... or using a lot of Java apps ;)

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