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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 20:06:54 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199608240006.UAA04744@delorie.com>
To: mschulter AT mach1 DOT mpu DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <4vle92$324@news.mpu.com> (mschulter@mach1.mpu.com)
Subject: Re: sizeof(long double)

> This is just a note that the following program indicates that the
> length of a long double type in djgpp 2 is 12:

So?  It *is* that big.

(Actually, it's an 80-bit (10 byte) quantity, but gcc rounds the size
up to 12 for word-alignment purposes.)

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