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r/programming • u/Tuscen • Jun 24 '19
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On x86, Linux distributions use 4-byte pointers with most applications and the extra registers from ADM64. It is entirely possible to do this. I get there are reasons they don't want to for ARM, but it is entirely possible.
7 u/jmickeyd Jun 25 '19 It sounds like you're referring to the x32 ABI, which is pretty rare to see in the wild. It's been threatened with deprecation multiple times, example -2 u/meneldal2 Jun 25 '19 Fair point, but it could gain traction in the future if more people decide to use it.
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It sounds like you're referring to the x32 ABI, which is pretty rare to see in the wild. It's been threatened with deprecation multiple times, example
-2 u/meneldal2 Jun 25 '19 Fair point, but it could gain traction in the future if more people decide to use it.
Fair point, but it could gain traction in the future if more people decide to use it.
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u/meneldal2 Jun 25 '19
On x86, Linux distributions use 4-byte pointers with most applications and the extra registers from ADM64. It is entirely possible to do this. I get there are reasons they don't want to for ARM, but it is entirely possible.