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DanielShir
on Sept 4, 2017
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Summary of the 2038 BoF at DC17
Really? So how does a 32 bit CPU run 64 bit code?
Roshie5u
on Sept 4, 2017
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It doesn't run 64bit code but that has nothing to do with handling 64bit numbers. Compiler just generates more instructions (and the execution is slower). Example for multiplication:
https://godbolt.org/g/m1t4NC
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