Re: A question on version numbers

kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> "Alexander L. Belikoff" <alexander@belikoff.net> writes:
>
>>>You're right -- I just misread my ANSI C doc in a dumb way. A long
>>>int is guaranteed to be at least 32 bits. Sorry for the confusion.
>>
>>Really?!?! I may be quite wrong, but AFAIR, the *only* thing ANSI C
>>guarantees is that long int is *no less* in size than int (which, in
>>turn is no less than short etc etc).
>
>
> K&R (ANSI C) Second Edition, page 18, middle:
>
> "long integers are at least 32 bits."

IIRC, that K&R 2e book was released before the final ANSI C
standard was ratified and isn't considered to be authoritative.
(that isn't to say you aren't right, but just so you know...)

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