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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
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Subject: Re: Re: Uses of "short" ?
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Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 22:03:50 EDT
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> I am inclined to prefer the use of int16, int32, int64, int8, char.

int16 => short
int32 => long
int64 => not a primitive data type on all implementations
int8  => signed char
char  => char

Why add more symbols when you already have what is needed in the language?