On 24 Oct 96, Paul Edwards wrote to Paul Wankadia --

PW> I read somewhere that far pointers are very slow -- is that true?
 PE> Which is longer - a piece of string, or 1 second?

Now, according to general relativity and all that sort of thing, space and
time can be regarded in the same light -- i.e. they are both dimensions.  It
is possible to find the distance between two points in space-time.  Quite
easy, apparently :)

PE> Then I realised that it was a complete yank.  Why is get_variable_x()
 PE> "yank" actually.

And yes, I DID change that letter 

 PE> 64-bit integers.  If I was betting, I would lay odds that there is no
 PE> machine with a 67-bit integer.  Why do you ask, anyway?

Just wondered if such a machine existed, that's all :)

PW> I hope you're not the SysOp {at} 3:711/934...
 PE> I am at the moment, but there's a possibility that David Nugent will
 PE> get me kicked out of fidonet, although the chances are he won't.  Why
 PE> do you ask?

Because I'd already FREQed ANSI_C.* by then, you twit 

 PE> ANSI_C can be online too.  BFN.  Paul.

How?  Can I integrate that into the Turbo C++ v3.0 IDE?

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