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Re:Using signed or unsigned int by default in C (2015) by coding123 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:32PM (#32568241)
use longs because it's not arch dependent
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Re:Using signed or unsigned int by default in C (2015) by xdavidliu on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:49PM (#32568503)
long in C and C++ is absolutely arch dependent. In Java it's not depedendent, but neither are any of the other primitives in Java.
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Re:Using signed or unsigned int by default in C (2015) by messe on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:21PM (#32568964)
long is definitely arch dependent.

It’s even operating system dependent:

It’s 32-bits on 32-bit x86 unix-likes and windows, as well as 32-bit on 64-bit windows.

On 64-bit unix-likes it’s 64-bit.

Embedded is so varied (and generally 16 or 32 bit), that I’m not even go to hazard a guess on the distribution there.

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Re:Using signed or unsigned int by default in C (2015) by acuozzo on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:52PM (#32568539)
long is only guaranteed by to be a minimum of 32 bits.

It's 64 on Tru64 UNIX systems, for instance.

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