Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: 64 bit ints
Message-ID: <2074@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 31 Oct 88 15:01:03 GMT
References: <6264@june.cs.washington.edu> <225800084@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <8803@smoke.BRL.MIL>
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In article <8803@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
> It is also a BAD idea to make int handling slower than necessary
> by an inappropriate choice.  int has always been intended to be the
> integer type "most convenient for the machine".

What is the most convenient type for a 68000? 16-bit ints are much faster
(twice as fast for loads and stores) but 32-bit ints fit the register
architecture better.
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