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The question asks about IA-64 (Itanium) and IA-32. You're talking about the RAX register which is x86-64. If you call malloc without a prototype in scope, bad
by abbeyj 10y ago
The question asks about IA-64 (Itanium) and IA-32. You're talking about the RAX register which is x86-64.
If you call malloc without a prototype in scope, bad things can happen. Just because it happens to work out OK with the platform and compiler that you tested doesn't mean that it will work everywhere or that it will keep working in the future.
- asamy45 10y agoHis scope of talk sounds as if he is referring to x86-64. Many people mistake the IA-64 for x86-64, that's why I assumed he'd be talking about it. Not to mention that IA-32 refers to x86, which he clearly seems to misunderstand.