When It's 64

[bnewman]

People aren't the only things that turn 64 — computers do too. Will my old software still run on a 64-bit OS?

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "When I'm Sixty-Four" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

 

listen to this song

/ D - - A / - - - D / - - - G / GBb DB7 E7A D /

 

When I decide to trade this old chip for a new PC

Will my code compile like it used to do, on that other power of two?

If I don't update all my configs, will it dump its core?

Will it compile, and run that old file, when it's 64?

 

/ Bm -(G) A Bm / - - F# - / Bm - Em - / G A D - /

 

Oooh...

Chips get older, too

More bits to make a word

On your CPU

 

I could be handy porting an app to a new OS

Redefine a constant at compile time, ignore that warning, it's not a crime

I can fit so much more on the heap than I could before

Just reconfigure, files can be bigger, when it's 64!

 

Every winter's closer to the end of 32-bit time, that'll be the year

2038

Update typedef time_t

Before it's too late

 

Send me an update, upload a patch, if you find a fix

Indicate precisely what your changes do, your pull request just might be approved

Post a release note, tell me that app is mine forevermore

It's fit for the future, on a newer computer, when it's 64!

Yeah, will it run at all, or should I just uninstall it, when it's 64?