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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A thought of C
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:43:11 -0700
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> On 15/04/2026 01:33, Bart wrote:
[...]
>> Certainly until C99 when stdint.h came along.
> I would not draw that distinction - indeed, I see the opposite.  Prior
> to <stdint.h>, your integer type sizes were directly from the target
> machine - with <stdint.h> explicitly sized integer types, they are now
> independent of the target hardware.

A minor quibble: The sizes of the predefined integer types have
always been determined by the compiler, often mandated by an ABI
for the target platform.  The choice is *influenced* by the target
hardware, but not controlled by it.  For example, the width of
`long` on x86_64 is likely to be 32 bits on Windows, 64 bits on
other platforms.

[...]

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */