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Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths

Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths

Posted Jun 27, 2012 2:51 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths by slashdot
Parent article: Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths

>The mistake was introducing the "char", "short", "int" and "long" keywords in C without specifying their meaning, despite the fact that there is no way to write a portable, correct and fast programs in such a language.

So would you like to have "int" to be 18 bits or 36 bits in length?


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