Glibc's Slow Turnaround For Y2038 Fixes Is Frustrating

[pal666]

Another solution (than adding bits) is to

rewrite every app. i wonder why nobody is pursuing such approach

[Emmanuel Deloget]

This is primarily caused by C not having native support for arbitrary precision integers from the start (from year 1972).

Well, this is primarily caused by CPU not having native support for arbitrary precision integers from the start.

[Emmanuel Deloget]

i hope nobody is designing something new on 32 bit platform

Embedded developers tend to use hardware that match their need, and 64 bits fast processors or more often that not unneeded. They are more expensive, requires more expensive companion components, and so on. Not every device need a 2Ghz, 64 bits processor and 4GB of DDR4 RAM.

[rmoog]

The arguments he gives are not on a technical level; instead he says that only a native English speaker who has a with deep understanding of glibc internals and the previous development process will be capable to provide such a patch in an acceptable way.

What a racist bigot.

[carewolf]

Well, this is primarily caused by CPU not having native support for arbitrary precision integers from the start.

And indexes or timestamp over 64-bit being a silly idea. You don't need an indexes larger than the number of atoms in the universe, or timestamps that extends millions of times longer than the lifetime of the universe.

[carewolf]

Well, this is primarily caused by CPU not having native support for arbitrary precision integers from the start.

Well, good luck designing a CPU with builtin malloc or which can magically extends the size of registers or memory adresses at will

Btw. You can easily simulate arbitrary precision integers if you want to, and earlier CPUs DID certainly have that capability. The problem is in how slow they are due to them requiring dynamical allocated memory, and of how little use they are..

[cjcox]

glibc didn't exist in 1972, thus it's irrelevant

But, if we let the clock roll over... then maybe it did?

[pal666]

But, if we let the clock roll over... then maybe it did?

i think in that case it will

[pal666]

What a racist bigot.

it's unclear how native english speach relates to race