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From: rli@buster.stafford.tx.us (Buster Irby)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: 64 bit architectures and C/C++
Message-ID: <1991May01.172042.5214@buster.stafford.tx.us>
Date: 1 May 1991 17:20:42 GMT
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turk@Apple.COM (Ken "Turk" Turkowski) writes:

>It is necessary to have 8, 16, and 32-bit data types, in order to be able
>to read data from files.  I would suggest NOT specifying a size for the int
>data type; this is supposed to be the most efficient integral data type
>for a particular machine and compiler.

You assume a lot about the data in the file.  Is it stored in a specific
processor format (ala Intel vs Motorolla)?  My experience has been that
binary data is not portable anyway.