int16, int32

[Robert Viduya]

In article <384 at uwmcsd1.UUCP>, jgd at uwmcsd1.UUCP (John G Dobnick) writes:
> 
> Um, excuse me folks, but this discussion is getting very machine dependent.
> Everyone seems to be assuming, at least tacitly, that "ints" come in
> only two sizes: 16 bits and 32 bits.
> 
> I explicitly wish to point out that we run a UNIX implementation on a
> machine that uses the following:
> 
> 		short int: 18 bits
> 		long int:  36 bits
> 

I'd like to further point out that one of the machines I have access to has
the following:

		char:	8 bits
		short:	32 bits
		int:	64 bits
		long:	64 bits

The machine (Control Data Cyber 180/855) doesn't support 16-bit arithmetic
very well, which is why shorts aren't 16-bits, ints aren't 32 bits and longs
aren't 64 bits.

				robert
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Georgia Institute of Technology

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