C Integers

[David Brown]

On 06/05/13 16:01, JimJoyce wrote:
> Wow!,
> Thanks, Jose-Marcio, Michael, NeonJohn, David and Tim,
>
> I am out-of-date and out-of-touch. You've taught me a lot.
> I didn't distinguish whether '64bit' was processor or OS. Now I know.
> I knew nothing of intXX_t.
> I did wonder whether a new long long int or an extra long int had appeared.
> I'm using gcc, so I'll inspect sys/types.h, and experiment.

"Long long", <stdint.h>, and the intXXX_t types were introduced 
officially in C99.  They have been supported for longer in some 
compilers, including gcc.  So yes, you are a little out of date!

>
> Thanks for all your trouble and informative replies.
> I'm sure I'll not be the only one to benefit.
> JJ
>