Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!hkr4627 From: hkr4627@acf4.UUCP (Hedley K. J. Rainnie) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: How big is an int, and other oddities. Message-ID: <800007@acf4.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 19:52:00 EST Article-I.D.: acf4.800007 Posted: Sun Mar 3 19:52:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 02:44:59 EST References: <778@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Organization: New York University Lines: 15 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.