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- From: arno@yaps.rhein.de (Arno Eigenwillig)
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- Subject: Re: How do I define my integers?
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- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 15:38:22 +0100
- References: <4d73ug$25v@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4df5qs$sg6@shell1.eznet.net> <wulfraedDLB7po.4u3@netcom.com>
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- In article <wulfraedDLB7po.4u3@netcom.com>, Dennis Lee Bieber writes:
-
- > I believe /some/ C compilers allowed for 64 bit integers by using
- > double long big_int;
-
- Are you sure you don't confuse this with
-
- long long big_number;
-
- ?
-
- PS: "long long" is not ANSI-conformant. ANSI requires that long be the
- largest type (which is vital to know in situations like printf()ing a
- size_t when all you know is that size_t is some integral unsigned
- type). Unfortunately, most people perceived it more disturbing to get
- used to a new interpretation of old "long" than breaking existing code.
-
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