lint, pointers, 0 (what else?)

[Thomas M. Breuel]

> Re: int8, int32, etc.
> 
> Do you also propose int9, int36?  int24?  float48?
> 
> Let's not embed machine dependencies into the language!

Some real-life programs require minimal sizes for integers and floating
point numbers. 'int8' should be used as an integer type that holds at
least 8 bits, not as a type that holds exactly 8 bits.

If your 'C' compiler does not support 32 bit integer precision, but
my differential equations need 32 bit integers, then that is a problem
with your 'C' compiler, not my equations.

						Thomas.