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From: iia...@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 09:46:13 GMT
Local: Fri, Sep 9 1994 5:46 am
Subject: Re: Alpha Linux
In article <1994Sep6.180654.21...@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> ukrai...@soma.crl.mcmaster.ca (Andrew Ukrainec) writes:
>Another observation: at least according to the K&R C specification, short Indeed not. Do we get 128 bit long longs in gcc however ?. The other thing >int, int, and long int are not defined to be any specific bit length, and >can all be equal to same bit length, as a matter of fact. The programmer >who writes expecting short int = 16 bits should know that the code will not >necessarily be portable. >Therefore, there shouldn't be a problem defining >short int = 32 bits people for get is char != 8 bits always. The Honeywell L66 had char=9bits(*) (or 7 depending upon compiler setting), short=36bit, int=36bit, long=36bit). Made for some porting fun. (*) 4 or 5 chars per machine word. Alan You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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