Time for 64-bit longs?

[wong at rtech.UUCP]

We, here at Relational Technology, have seen machines with

	long = 64 bits
	int  = 32 bits
	short = 16 bits

or, even worse,

	long = 64 bits
	int = 32 bits
	short = 32 bits!

As you might expect, this causes all sorts of problems in trying to
port code.  Seems like programmers pretty much assume "normal" (read
Vax) sizes for integers when writing code.

-- 
				J. Wong		ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!wong

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