C's Flexible Integer Sizes were Not a Design Mistake
- Word sizes, strange machines, and why int was never meant to mean 32 bits.
- They were how the language achieved portability in a world of 12, 18, 36, and 60-bit computers.
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- Word sizes, strange machines, and why int was never meant to mean 32 bits.
- They were how the language achieved portability in a world of 12, 18, 36, and 60-bit computers.
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