Windows 2000 2 GB file limit

[Kenneth Brody]

Bill Vermillion wrote:
[...]
> And it's a signed 32-bit integer.  I never could understand whey
> they did not used unsigned for that area as files with less
> than 0 length aren't particularly usefull.  Maybe it's part of
> the multi-verse/parallel universe thing :-)

Because you sometimes need to position relatively, including going
backwards from the current location.

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