On 9/20/06, Michal Čihař <michal@cihar.com> wrote:
> char 1 bytes > short 2 bytes > int 4 bytes > long 8 bytes
Nothing says long has to be bigger that int, only thing which is defined is: sizeof(short) <= sizeof(int) <= sizeof(long) so having short, int, long of same size is not a problem.
I think you're missing the point. If you make an int 8 bytes, what are you going to call 4 byte integers? If you call them short, what are you going to call 2 byte integers? Anyway, the link to the paper posted in this thread has many much better arguments. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@gmail.com> http://svana.org/kleptog/