# Adding 16-bit pointer support

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/adding-16-bit-pointer-support/2484>\
**Category:** compiler\
**Created:** [August 11, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/adding-16-bit-pointer-support/2484 "2015-08-11T06:02:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/adding-16-bit-pointer-support/2484/8 "2015-08-11T20:48:12Z")

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Apparently LLVM does have a [16-bit x86 backend](http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2014-January/069375.html). I’d be surprised if there wasn’t an emulator that can run such code.  
This might be a viable path for testing 16-bit support in the compiler.

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