Re: 64 bit or 32 bit

From: Grant Edwards (grante_at_visi.com)
Date: 04/07/04 

Date: 07 Apr 2004 14:09:05 GMT

On 2004-04-07, Måns Rullgård <mru@kth.se> wrote:

> So when processors become 256-bit, what will we get?
>
> char = 8 bits
> short short = 16 bits
> short = 32 bits
> long short = 64 bits
> int = 128 bits
> long = 256 bits

It really get's confusing when we need even more types and

"long short" and "short long" aren't the same thing.

OTOH, if you want a certain number of bits, you should probably
just ask for them directly using <stdint.h> and int32_t or
uint16_t or int47_t or whatever. 

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