I may not be explaining myself properly -- I'll try again

Perl can show as an integer values to at least 2**49.

email:> perl -e '$r=2**49;print "$r\n";'
562949953421312

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If I use 'seek/sysseek', I can set the disk pointer to greater than 2**32 byte location in a 32bit disk file in Unix/Linux. I was trying to save 8 octets as a pointer in network order in a database. That database could then be moved back and forth from 32 to 64 and vice/versa. I built the database/script on a 64bit Linux machine and then tried to move to a 32bit AIX machine. The database and script did not work properly.

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In reply to Re^4: Will Perl Scripts written on 64 Bit Windows run fine on 32 bit as well? by flexvault
in thread Will Perl Scripts written on 64 Bit Windows run fine on 32 bit as well? by Anonymous Monk

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