[ODE] ODE on Linux IA-64?

[Steve Baker]

Gerhard Wesp wrote:
>>pointers (and thus has a chance of working on segmented memory, too). These
>>types are ALWAYS the right choice on each platform, so you don't need to #if
>>anything.
> 
> 
> Did I miss something?  I see no reason why one would want to cast
> between pointers and integers. 

No - that's a really evil programming practice.  Just about every C
programming book on the planet tells you not to do it.

If you really, truly *must* put either an integer or a pointer into
one place in memory, you should use a 'union' to do it.

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