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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re:  int16, int32
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Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 08:29:30 EDT
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> >In any case, most experienced C programmers will use "short" when 16
> >bits is known to suffice and "long" when 32 bits are needed.

> Um, excuse me folks, but this discussion is getting very machine dependent.
> Everyone seems to be assuming, at least tacitly, that "ints" come in
> only two sizes: 16 bits and 32 bits.

Not at all.  These are the minimum number of bits guaranteed
in the ANSI spec.