From: haeb@demon.net (Harry Broomhall) Subject: Re: long long vs long 23 Jul 1998 18:31:06 -0700 Message-ID: <901200141.0020725.0.cygnus.gnu-win32@office.demon.net> References: <35b73b67.3231426@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Michael Weiser Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Michael Weiser said: > [SNIP] > No because the standard says > short == 16 bit > long == 32 bit > int == 16 or 32 depending on the machine's architecture > > For example: Under DOS int is 16 bit while under Win32 und UN*X it is > 32 bit. > So there's no way for long to be 64 bit while conforming to the > standard. Oh dear - this seems to be a common belief. Can you give the para in the standard where it says this? Regards, Harry. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".