From: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: long long vs long 22 Jul 1998 20:14:55 -0700 Message-ID: <19980722165841.912.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1d.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: gw32 Or why not set a new standard something like int8, int16, int32, int64 to indicate the number of bits. ---Graham Murray wrote: > > This is probably a silly question, but rather than having long long for > 64 bit, why was long not made 64bit? The standard (AFAIK) states that > short <= int <= long. So, it should be possible for long to be 64 bit > rather than 32. This would give a simple progression from 8bit chars to > 64bit longs. > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > == - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- --earnie_boyd@yahoo.com-- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".