On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 10:09:40AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: > .... and as C is closely bound > to hardware architecture you must have said something about these data
Actually, C is not necessarily that closely bound to hardware architecture. The following quote is from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_variable_types_and_declarations#Size) "There is some confusion in novice C programmers as to how big these types are. The standard is specifically vague in this area: * A short int must not be larger than an int. * An int must not be larger than a long int. * A short int must be at least 16 bits long. * A long int must be at least 32 bits long. The standard does not require that any of these sizes are necessarily different. It is perfectly valid, for example, that all 3 types be 64 bits long." -- Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
