Re: huge pointer

From: CBFalconer (cbfalconer_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:53:12 GMT

Dan Pop wrote:
> malikguna@yahoo.com (guna) writes:
>
>> i prepare some book and also i tested that, huge pointer is
>
> Unless the book is dealing with computing history, huge pointers
> do not belong to it. They are an artefact of some ancient
> operating systems that have been killed and buried almost 10
> years ago. Let them rest in peace.

To paraphase a certain 'wise' sage, "4 GB should be enough for
anyone". With the appearance of 64 bit machinery the use of
segment:offset pointers may well reappear in the future, and it
would be well to consider better means of handling them than the
near, far, huge trilogy. 

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