Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!udel!burdvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!cadovax!gryphon!pnet02!mhatter From: mhatter@pnet02.CTS.COM (Patrick E. Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 32bit = 16bit x 16bit Message-ID: <1912@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 13:31:21 EDT Article-I.D.: gryphon.1912 Posted: Thu Oct 15 13:31:21 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Oct-87 16:40:59 EDT Sender: root@gryphon.CTS.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 9 Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:4942 comp.sys.atari.st:5711 comp.sys.amiga:9491 In addition to a small letter I sent to the author of the original message that started this whole mess, I might suggest one thing if you plan on porting many C programs: Don't Use Ints Use char, use long, use float, and since they don't change size you're always set. Ints, as I've seen, are consistently inconsistent. UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd!crash, ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax}!gryphon!pnet02!mhatter INET: mhatter@pnet02.CTS.COM