It was thus said that the Great Peter da Silva once stated:
>
> And let's see...
>
> Type Range Size .NET Framework Type
> int -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 Signed 32-bit integer System.Int32
>
> AUGH
>
> AUGH AUGH AUGH
>
> Hateful.
Heck, they're just following in the footsteps of Sun and Java.
Most programmers I've encountered have problems with the lack of
definition of integral types in C ("How big is an int?" "It depends upon
the architecture, but generally, an int is the native size of integers."
"But how many bits?"). Then again, most programmers I've encountered have
only programmed on one system---two if I'm lucky ("I've programmed under DOS
*and* Windows!").
-spc (Who's having flashbacks when he was hired to help port the MajorBBS
to Unix [1] ... )
[1] I didn't last long in that job.
