Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:36:31 01/12/03
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On January 12, 2003 at 02:26:25, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On January 11, 2003 at 19:23:19, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >[snip] > >>>>But it is a headache that could be eliminated. IE on a PC you know that >>>>short=16, int=32, long=32 and long long=64. But _only_ on a PC. It would >>>>be nice to know something about specific types that applies to _all_ >>>>architectures... >>>>int8, int16, int32 and int64 would do just fine since the older architectures >>>>with 36, 48 and 60 bits are pretty much history... >>> >>>You assume that those architectures are history, that might be true today but C >>>was not born today. >> >>Standards were done _recently_ again. >> >>three years ago in fact.. > >Now I really don't know what this thread is about. It is about standard C in his >whole history (1) or is it about stantard C today (2)? Who cares about K&R C? No compilers I know of still follow that very old standard. IE int funct (int z) is not K&R yet everyone does it that way and the current standards define functions that way. So yes, I am talking about what I have to use _today_, not what was around in 1975... > >If it is 1, you cannot neglect the other architectures. >It is is 2, C99 includes the types that you want, and I don't understand then >your criticism to the standard. Includes "what types that I want?" > >Miguel
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