On 11 June 2010 21:15, Anders Andersson <pipatron_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Think before posting or blaming. 2GB might be silly now, much as 2MB
> was silly 20 years ago. I can't see why it would be extraordinarily
> silly to read in/map 2GB from a file 10 years from now. It takes 10
> seconds at most *today*. And to limit your application because people
> still use a broken processor architecture sounds a bit windows-y I
> think..
The posix spec states that the nbyte argument is of type size_t, which
could be extended to 64 bit, making 2GB well within reach.
cls
Received on Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:15:07 UTC
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