From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Harry Broomhall <haeb@demon.net>
To: Michael Weiser <michael@weiser.saale-net.de>
Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: long long vs long
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:33:00 -0000
Message-id: <901200141.0020725.0@office.demon.net>
References: <35b73b67.3231426@mail>
X-SW-Source: 1998-07/msg00490.html

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.

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