Updating C default type

From	Raj Pashwar <raj121190@hotmail.NOSPAM.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Updating C default type
Date	2014-04-22 16:48 +0000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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We know, that C was created when computers had poor CPU power, this led 
to many design decisions for C.

Many of these now, are out of date, because even small microprocessors, 
have comparatively very powerful CPUs comparing to the 1970s.

One good example, is the use of "int" as the default type. Today working 
with floating point operands is NOT expensive for modern CPUs. A "double" 
has much bigger range and precision than int. So a very easy improvement 
to C, will be to make return types for most standard functions, into 
"double".

I.E. main() can return double, malloc() can take a double argument, ETC.

Note, that a double can hold any int value, so any old code will be 
portable easily, therefore NO reason not to implement this improvement 
ASAP.

Thanks
Raj

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Updating C default type Raj Pashwar <raj121190@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2014-04-22 16:48 +0000
  Re: Updating C default type jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-04-22 18:59 +0200
    Re: Updating C default type Raj Pashwar <raj121190@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2014-04-22 17:13 +0000
      Re: Updating C default type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-22 11:59 -0700
      Re: Updating C default type Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-22 19:12 +0000
        Re: Updating C default type jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-04-25 19:31 +0200
      Re: Updating C default type Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-04-22 15:41 -0500
      Re: Updating C default type "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-22 21:47 +0100
      Re: Updating C default type Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-04-24 12:25 -0400
        Re: Updating C default type Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-24 10:32 -0700
        Re: Updating C default type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-24 20:17 +0000
        Re: Updating C default type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-24 21:03 +0000
    Re: Updating C default type Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2014-04-22 19:12 +0100
  Re: Updating C default type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-22 10:26 -0700
  Re: Updating C default type Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-22 10:28 -0700
  Re: Updating C default type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-22 18:20 +0000
    Re: Updating C default type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-22 19:09 +0000
      Re: Updating C default type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-22 15:35 -0400
        Re: Updating C default type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-22 15:38 -0400
        Re: Updating C default type Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-22 19:54 +0000
          Re: Updating C default type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-22 21:27 +0000
            Re: Updating C default type "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-22 23:08 +0100
    Re: Updating C default type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-04-22 22:03 +0100
    Re: Updating C default type Thomas Jahns <jahns@idontlikespam.dkrz.de> - 2014-04-23 09:59 +0200
    Re: Updating C default type David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2014-05-25 16:44 -0400
      Re: Updating C default type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-26 05:48 +0000
  Re: Updating C default type "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2014-04-22 14:01 -0500
    Re: Updating C default type Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2014-04-23 16:57 +0000
      Re: Updating C default type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-23 13:13 -0400
      Re: Updating C default type Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-23 18:02 +0000
      Re: Updating C default type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-23 11:33 -0700
  Re: Updating C default type Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-22 19:08 +0000
    Re: Updating C default type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-04-22 22:08 +0100
      Re: Updating C default type "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-22 22:19 +0100
    Re: Updating C default type Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-22 14:13 -0700
      Re: Updating C default type Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-04-23 11:55 -0500
        Re: Updating C default type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-23 10:55 -0700
          Re: Updating C default type Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-24 00:03 -0500
        Re: Updating C default type Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-23 22:37 -0700
          Re: Updating C default type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-24 12:05 +0000
      Re: Updating C default type gordonb.ez7sl@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2014-04-25 06:11 -0500
        Re: Updating C default type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-25 08:48 -0400
  Re: Updating C default type Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-04-22 15:30 -0500
    Re: Updating C default type ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-22 23:18 -0500
  Re: Updating C default type Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-04-24 12:28 -0400
  Re: Updating C default type gordonb.oztxz@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2014-04-24 23:50 -0500
    Re: Updating C default type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-25 08:41 -0400
  Re: Updating C default type Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2014-05-25 23:57 -0700
    Re: Updating C default type Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-05-26 01:55 -0700
    Re: Updating C default type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-26 13:01 +0100
      Re: Updating C default type Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-05-26 13:12 -0700
        Re: Updating C default type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-26 22:31 +0100
          Re: Updating C default type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-26 23:55 +0100
          Re: Updating C default type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-26 17:11 -0700
    Re: Updating C default type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-05-27 07:54 -0400

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