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Article #705Re: Re: C Compiler Benchmarks
From: Martin Lee Schoffstall
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 1985 18:42
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 1985 18:42
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> 2. Bill points out that the Megamax compiler uses 16 bit integers, while
> his compiler uses 32 bit integers. When the Consulair compiler used
> 16 bit integers in the sieve program the run time with his old compiler
> was 6.3 seconds.
>
> This is an excellent point. I neglected to notice whether the other
> compilers used 16 or 32-bit integers. Someone told me that the C
> standard stipulates that an integer's worth of bits must be able
> to span the entire address space. I don't know about this. Can
> someone comment?
Hmmm, the 68000 inside the MAC has a 24bit address space. A AT&T
68010 UNIX distribution C compiler believes that ints are 16bits.
marty
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