16 Oct
2011
16 Oct
'11
11:27 a.m.
On 16/10/11 2:15 PM, Dave Caroline wrote:
It's a bit more subtle than that. The *physical* int depends on the
machine (this is pragmatically important). The *conceptual* int is
architecture independent. (Applies to all C types.)
If you regard these as the same, you are not writing portable C.
--T
I think the
point folks are missing is that it isn't the processor that defines the standard data
types, but the language.
it started out quiet the inverse.
K&R2 page 9 defines an int as depending on the machine see page 32 too.
Dave Caroline