64 bit architectures and C/C++

[William M Miller]

bhoughto at pima.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
> The suggested choices are:
>
>         short   <the shortest integer the user should handle; >= 8 bits>

Actually, ANSI requires at least 16 bits for shorts (see SHRT_MIN and
SHRT_MAX in <limits.h>, X3.159-1989 2.2.4.2.1).

-- William M. Miller, Glockenspiel, Ltd.
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