that's not a problem, we can manipulate very very large values with multiple operations.

128bits addition:

add [ticks],eax
adc [ticks+4],ebx
adc [ticks+8],ecx
adc [ticks+12],edx


and don't forge MMX and SSE
what i find very sad is the lack of god instruction.

god [ticks],eax

Sure, but C only allows one return value in a register. So most programmers would be too lazy to setup an array to get the multi-precision count value unless forced to.

but here is fasm forum, if i don't have hallucinations of course.

But these functions are written with C program in mind. The OS developers don't make calling standards for asm programmers so returning multiple register values from GetTickCount() ain't gonna happen, ever.

C is a limitative pollution in the world of code. like almost all language, because many people can code in C, not the case with asm.
then, many errors can exist in C code, in asm it is less frequent.

C is an old abstraction layer.
asm is the only real layer since the begining, and will never change, evolve, but not change.