>  > Actually squeakFileOffsetType needs to map to whatever the operating
>>  system uses for 64 bit file offsets. If there is no 64 bit offsets,
>>  then it needs to map to whatever is used for 32bit offsets.
>
>An alternative is not to have squeakFileOffsetType, and for the core of
>Squeak just to use 64-bit integers.

I'll just be happy to get 64 bit file offset to work on all 
platforms. Once that occurs then we can go back and refactor the code 
to add 64 bit integer math on 64 bit challenged systems.

I think it's there now on windows but I've not seen a VM or anyone 
claiming it actually works yet.


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