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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Uses of "short" ?
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 12:35:51 EDT
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> What are the reasons for using the type short in C ?  ...
> Specifically... on machines where sizeof (int) = sizeof (short).

Sloppiness in this is common (although not nearly as disastrous as
being sloppy on machines where sizeof(int) == sizeof(long)!).  The
main reason for distinguishing between the two is portability, i.e.
making your programs work on machines which violate this property
as well as machines which satisfy it.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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