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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: you think rust may outthrone c?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 21:27:25 -0700
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> (In the case of Fortran, I remember using machine-specific types such
> as INTEGER*4 (i32) in 1979; was there anything similar in C before
> C99?
>
> Funny that the non-low-level language had machine types, and
> close-to-the-metal C didn't!

So your complaint is that C has fixed-width types *now*, but didn't
acquire them until 24 years ago?  It's difficult to imagine any
explanation that would satisfy you.

And you're referring to the intN_t types as "machine types"?
Why do you call them that?

[...]

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