Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:25:14 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing compilation/run time linking of lib32 on amd64 Message-ID: <20071025042514.58181a50@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <471FF7E2.3010004@gmail.com> References: <471FAFD4.5090500@gmail.com> <20071025022632.72fd6283@gumby.homeunix.com.> <471FF7E2.3010004@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:56:50 -0400 "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:49:24 -0400 > > "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I am writing some demo code (for teaching C) ... showing that > >> int's are always word length > >> > > > > s/always/typically/ > > > > C has been around for a long time and there is always a > > counter-example to any sweeping generalisation that isn't backed-up > > by a standards document. > > BTW I was slightly wrong it is longs not int's that change depending > on word size: What's variable is defined by the standard, not by the differences between particular implementations.
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