From: michael@weiser.saale-net.de (Michael Weiser) Subject: Re: long long vs long 24 Jul 1998 06:40:17 -0700 Message-ID: <35b76f7f.3697526.cygnus.gnu-win32@mail> References: <901200141.0020725.0@office.demon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Harry Broomhall Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Hi Harry, You wrote: >> 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? Unfortunately not. I didn't know that this matters so much. BTW: Do you love splitting hairs? ;) bye Michael - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".