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Re: long long vs long
- To: Harry Broomhall <haeb at demon dot net>
- Subject: Re: long long vs long
- From: michael at weiser dot saale-net dot de (Michael Weiser)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:18:42 GMT
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <901200141.0020725.0@office.demon.net>
Hi Harry,
You wrote:
>> No because the standard says
>> short == 16 bit
>> long == 32 bit
>> int == 16 or 32 depending on the machine's architecture
>>
>> For example: Under DOS int is 16 bit while under Win32 und UN*X it is
>> 32 bit.
>> So there's no way for long to be 64 bit while conforming to the
>> standard.
> Oh dear - this seems to be a common belief. Can you give the
>para in the standard where it says this?
Unfortunately not. I didn't know that this matters so much.
BTW: Do you love splitting hairs? ;)
bye
Michael
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