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From: len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 32 bit integers with C on PCs
Message-ID: <508@array.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 09:10:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: array.508
Posted: Mon Jun 29 09:10:29 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 30-Jun-87 00:43:06 EDT
Organization: Array Systems Computing, Toronto, CANADA
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I recently inquired whether Microsoft C and Turbo C handle
32 bit integers and floats with mantissas longer than 32 bits.

What I learned was what I had hoped for. ALL PC C compilers have "long"
integers of 32 bits and the two in question have 64-bit floating point.

It is not surprising that an 8086 C compiler would have 16 bit "int"s,
but converting int declarations to long will not be a big problem.

I did get a difference of opinion on whether I should use Turbo or
Microsoft, but that is to be expected. In the final analysis I will
probably let price be the dictating factor.

Thanks to everyone that responded.

Len