[haiku-development] Re: To __BEOS__ or not to __BEOS__?
- From: "Fredrik Holmqvist" <fredrik.holmqvist@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:26:03 +0200
2008/5/9 Gabriele Biffi <mlist@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Fredrik Holmqvist wrote:
>>
>> Sooner or later we probably want to go 64 bit as well, which will
>> definatly break things.
>
> Not necessarily. Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X 64 bit do run 32 bit apps.
> You just have to supply 32 bit libraries. That's it :-)
Actually it will break. It will be backwards compatible on the 32 bit
side, but on 64 bit side it will definatly break. The simple fact that
a pointer is 64 bit will guarantee that. That's what I meant, what
would be the point of breaking things on the 'backwards' side?
/Fredrik Holmqvist
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