Re: Why "long long" doesn't work.

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From: Michael Shields
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 23:54

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In article <413qbk$jeq@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
FFarance <ffarance@aol.com> wrote:
> 	32 bits: Not useful - we already have this now in C.

Actually, allowing `int:n' would be useful even if n must be <= 32 in
a strictly conforming program, because it provides an obvious way to
extend C on 64-bit machines.
-- 
Shields.

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