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Re:Summary of the 2038 BoF at DC17 by DanielShir on Monday September 04, 2017 @03:16AM (#15166345)
Really? So how does a 32 bit CPU run 64 bit code?
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Re:Summary of the 2038 BoF at DC17 by Roshie5u on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:53PM (#15169388)
It doesn't run 64bit code but that has nothing to do with handling 64bit numbers. Compiler just generates more instructions (and the execution is slower). Example for multiplication: https://godbolt.org/g/m1t4NC
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