Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 23:26:25 01/11/03
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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)? 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. Miguel
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