Date:	Thu, 6 Oct 1994 03:01:46 +0500
From:	"Don L." <lopez AT vsl DOT ist DOT ucf DOT edu>
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Cc:	Brian Acton <brian_acton AT powertalk DOT apple DOT com>, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: djgpp and the 386SX

On Wed, 5 Oct 1994 eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il wrote:

> > Off hand I don't know what the "-mno-486" flag does but by ANSI C 
> > definitions, an signed integer as you have declared "i" to be; has the 
> > maximum and minimum values of -32,767 to 32,767. You want to declare "i" 
> 
> Wrong!  GCC produces 32-bit code, which means int is 32 bit, not 16.  So
> it can hold values upto 2 million.
> 
> 	Eli Zaretskii
> 

No this is not wrong, it is completly dependent on the platform and compiler
you are working with, for portablity reasons you should assume a 16-bit int. 
I should have said to specify a "short int foobar", however in the K&R 
2nd ed C book, it specifically says an "int" is either 16 or 32 bits 
depending on the host machine, page 36 I believe.

Don ;)

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