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From: dsill@NSWC-OAS.arpa
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Subject: Standard int sizes
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Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 09:58:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  8 09:58:23 1987
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kyle@xanth.cs.odu.edu (kyle jones) wrote:
>I would like to see the sizes of C integral types standardized.
>
>One proposal might be:
>
>	char	 8 bits
>	short	16 bits
>	int	32 bits
>	long	64 bits

I'd rather have:
	short    8 bits
	int	16 bits
	long	32 bits
and something like "xlong" for 64 bits.

-Dave Sill
 dsill@nswc-oas.arpa