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In <43jsfd$1ea@nntp.nta.no> ohk@hal.nta.no (Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen TF.E/DELAB) writes:
> Btw, I don't particulary like the lack of specification of basic types like int,
> short, etc. in C/C++ either, and Ada isn't much better, which we discovered when
> using a validated Ada compiler which only had 16 bit int's, even though the CPU
> on which it was running had a 32 bit CPU!
> 
> Ole-Hj. Kristensen

So what you really mean is that the implementation of Ada that you had isn't much
better. Don't blame an entire language for the sins of a single lousy compiler!
In general, you can specify your layout quite precisely in Ada, and if the compiler
cannot handle it, you'll find out at compile-time. If you wanted to guarantee
exactly 32 bits ints on every platform you ported to, you should have defined your
own Int32 type, like:
   Int_Last : constant := 2 ** 31 -1;
   Int_First : constant := -Int_Last;
   type Int32 is range Int_first .. Int_last;
If your compiler could not comply you'll find out at compile time. (Sounds like
you need a better compiler, there are lots out there.)

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