Posted by Tim Roberts on 04/11/06 08:40

"David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com> wrote:
>
>I'm writing a large PHP application that might still be in service in 2037.
>
>What will happen to PHP and Unix time ... will there be a version of PHP
>written for 32-bit platforms that uses 64-bit integers, or is everybody
>counting on exclusively 64-bit platforms being in service by then???

Let's have a reality check. 30 years ago, most programming was still done
via punched cards. Since that time, the PC was introduced, and has moved
from 8-bit, to 16-bit, to 32-bit, to 64-bit.

Even 8 years from now, it will be difficult to buy a non-64-bit computer.
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- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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