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SubjectRe: ANSI C clarifications, with citations
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> > Other machines included PR1ME computers which used a 32-bit word
> > pointer, and a 48-bit byte pointer.
>
> How did C on those machines implement a void *?

I cant speak for the old pre mips PR1ME but for the HLH Orion that was word
addressed a void * was a char * and a char * was an address shifted left 2
with the byte number in the low 2 bits.

You really did have to get your casting right on those.




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