time(0L) - history of a misconception (was Re: SCO password generator)

[L. Hirschbiegel]

In article <1991May22.190908.5311 at virtech.uucp> cpcahil at virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>
>The code you show won't work reliably on systems where the size of
>a pointer is different from the size of an integer (for ex: large 
>model programs on an 8086 or 80286). 

This was posted to newsgroup "comp.UNIX.SYSV386", right??
This was NOT posted to newsgroup "comp.unix.any_intel_product", right??
The original poster had problems with SCO-UNIX password generator, not
with a password generator running under MS-C6.0 in tiny-mode, right??

Martin was referring to a "time" syscall argument mismatch under SCO-UNIX.
I pointed out, that it really makes no difference for the argument value itself.
I did NOT say this is a general rule-of-thumb for all kinds of cpus
and all kinds of compilers?!?!

>Before you jump on someone elses case, be sure you know what
>you are talking about.

Before you answer in a newsgroup make sure you realise what that newsgroup
is about.

>Conor P. Cahill            (703)430-9247        Virtual Technologies, Inc.

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