Subject: Re: C Language Standard(s)
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com>
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/19/1995 11:15:31
> How much code would we *really* break if we moved long to 64 bit, and
> eventually obsolesced long long?  IMHO, everything in C should pass
> -pedantic -Wall.  (It's fine with me if it's system specific, especially
> in the kernel, but I think a bit of pedantry could help.)

A lot.  You'd also slow things down a lot on 32-bit platforms.  I
don't really see why this would be a good thing.

			       _MelloN_