[NNTP] 32 bit article counters

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Russ Allbery said:
> Right.  However, the only platform I personally have handy (of seven) that
> actually supports a sufficient amount of C99 for that to work is Linux.
> Various necessary bits of the above are missing on everything else I have
> handy.

Which is why I think we're still at the "too early" stage. Another year or
two, perhaps.

> You can make it work with Autoconf glue

It's also possible to write the relevant header files for your system,
after which it Just Works. But the same comment applies.

> (I wonder how much software will fail at 31 bits, too.

The fact that nobody has worried about this is - to my mind - another stake
through the "977 had no limit" argument.

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