> At one point 16 bits were universal, and then 32 bits came along and broke everything. That's not an issue in mainstream Linux, since 16-bit Linux (ELKS) nev

> At one point 16 bits were universal, and then 32 bits came along and broke everything. That's not an issue in mainstream Linux, since 16-bit Linux (ELKS) never caught on. Other than ELKS and perhaps some new experimental stuff, since its first release Linux always had long and pointer with the same size.