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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: 64 bit architectures and C/C++
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Date: 27 Apr 91 13:06:15 GMT
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In article <168@shasta.Stanford.EDU> shap@shasta.Stanford.EDU (shap) writes:
>How bad is it for sizeof(int) != sizeof(long). 

This has been the case on PDP-11s for over 20 years.

It does cause problems---there is always software that makes invalid
assumptions---but typically long-vs-int problems, while rampant, are
also easily fixed.
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