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From: HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: use only short and long (not int) in struct message
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Date: 10 Jan 91 09:41:59 GMT
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I think the point is:
short is at least 16 bit
long is at least 32 bit
sizeof (short) <= sizeof(int) <= sizeof(long)

C.v.W.