64 bit architectures and C

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <15073 at ms.maus.de> Kai_Henningsen at ms.maus.de (Kai Henningsen) writes:
>LC>        void *  128 bits
>My god - 16 byte addresses?! What is that for a beast?!

It takes 32 bits just to specify the Internet address portion of the
object's capability.

(I invented the model behind that statement, but if you understand
what I'm talking about you should also be able to agree that it would
be a useful implementation, if one could pull it off.)