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From: hkr4627@acf4.UUCP (Hedley K. J. Rainnie)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: How big is an int, and other oddities.
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Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 19:52:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  3 19:52:00 1985
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How about making an extension to C a la Algol68 

    long long int x;   /* typdefs would take care of port problems */
    
    short short int y;  /* you wouldn't need to cast unsigned chars for 8
                            bit ints */

    This way the compiler could generate the precision you require.

                    Then of course you could just settle for a 68 compiler
                    and kiss C goodbye....

            Hedley.