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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: mergesort code segfaulting on smallish arrays
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Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> writes:
> On 11/9/19 11:49 AM, Bonita Montero wrote:
[...]
>> There should be no compiler with an int larger than 32 bit.
>
> Yes, I currently know of none, which is why that assumption may be
> acceptable, but it is possible.

I've used machines with 64-bit short, int, long, and long long
(Cray vector machines).  char probably would have been 64 bits if
there hasn't been a requirement for UNIX compatibility.

[...]

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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */