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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Portable 16 bit binary integer write
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:18:57 -0700
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supercat@casperkitty.com writes:
[...]
> Given that compiler writers in the 1980s were able to accommodate code
> that was designed for 16-bit "int" even on 32-bit platforms, should it
> not have been reasonable to expect that by the time 64-bit platforms
> became common, compiler writers would have figured out how to sensibly
> handle code written for 32-bit "int"?

Huh?  In what sense do compilers for 64-bit platforms *not* sensibly
handle code written for 32-bit int?

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