64 bit architectures and C/C++

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In article <4068 at inews.intel.com> bhoughto at pima.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>In article <168 at shasta.Stanford.EDU> shap at shasta.Stanford.EDU (shap) writes:
>
>>2. If a trade-off has to be made between compliance and ease of
>>porting, what's the better way to go?
>
>If you're compliant, you're portable.

While I happen to agree with this sentiment, there is an argument that X
hundred million lines of C code can't be wrong.  The problem with
theology is that it's not commercially viable.

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Jonathan