Very interesting thread, something I had never even thought about. I just wish I had even the faintest idea of what you guys are talking about.
So, can someone answer a couple of questions for a simple guy.
Why does a GCU have an integer counter, does it need to count something to measure time or cycles of something?
If all modern computers are coded in 64 bit sizes, why did Boeing stick with 32 bit.
I gather, from googling it (nothing of which I understood anyway), integer counters are fairly common in computing software, so how do banks not have this problem as their computer hardware boxes have times between power downs measured in years.
If software is not hand coded, ie someone pounding away on a keyboard writing lines of code, how is it written if it's not hand coded.
All this stuff, sounds like you're talking about the warp drive of the Starship Enterprise.
I have such a headache now!
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