Subject: Re: C Language Standard(s)
To: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
From: Incorrigible punster -- do not incorrige <greywolf@defender.VAS.viewlogic.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/22/1995 13:15:53
Regarding int32_t, int64_t, long, short, unsigned, float, sinking, etc...

Should we not be talking in terms of byte-widths instead of bit widths?
We seem to be going on this grand assumption that bytes are 8 bits wide.
How do we know that's not going to change?

[Okay, it's a long shot but It Could Happen.  Think about it.]



				--*greywolf;
--
/* To any would-be censors: */
    static unsigned long msg[5]={1198465094,1430473504,017133672562,
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