Re: [Pan-users] Re: GigaNews warns "Usenet Growth Reveals Need for 64-bit Based Article Numbering"

[CSV4ME2]

On Monday 25 August 2008, Rhialto wrote:
> On Mon 25 Aug 2008 at 17:31:13 +0200, CSV4ME2 wrote:
> > run this litle c file thru your compiler, gcc -o size size.c
> > and you will know!
>
> On NetBSD/amd64:
>
>                 char =  8 bits
>        unsigned char =  8 bits
>                  int = 32 bits
>         unsigned int = 32 bits
>                short = 16 bits
>       unsigned short = 16 bits
>                 long = 64 bits
>        unsigned long = 64 bits
>            long long = 64 bits
>   unsigned long long = 64 bits
>                float = 32 bits
>               double = 64 bits
>          long double = 128 bits
>
> -Olaf.

On linux/IA32 only the long's (32) and long doubles (96) differ in size 



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