> der Mouse wrote:
> > 
> > > long long is *forbidden* by ANSI.
> > 
> > Granted.
> 
> Perhaps it is time for ANSI to revise their standard yet again, as
> it appears that "long==32bits" is an insufficient breadth of data
> bandwidth, especially considering that there exist machines with a
> native width of 64 bits.  Having sizeof(long) < sizeof(int) while
> potentially permissible, is a mite confusing, if not frustrating.

ANSI is (will soon be?) in the process of revising the C standard
again.  In fact, I've read a proposal that addresses the extended
integer issue.  

I suggest the proper thing for NetBSD to do is to wait for the new
standard before we get carried away about calls for making long 64
bits.  The reason I say this is because (except for some namespace
issues) NetBSD already passes at least one ANSI conformance suite.
If it's not broken, why should we fix it?

	--jtc