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Re:Future of 32-bit platform support in FreeBSD by cesarb on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @10:12AM (#39442223)
> No code should cast a pointer to a `long`, ever. Trying to excuse it it with "we don't support 32-bit" is deeply wrong.

It's deeply wrong as an excuse but for a different reason: casting a pointer to long also works on 32-bit. The only mainstream architecture in which it doesn't work is 64-bit Windows.

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Re:Future of 32-bit platform support in FreeBSD by DinoCoder99 on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @10:46AM (#39442657)
Sure, but just because something works doesn't mean you should do it. Better types have been around for what 25 years now?
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