64 bit linux on Intel T9600

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 22 13:20:18 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 07:45:04AM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Many years ago, I took a C programming course.  In class, we used
> Borland's Turbo C++ on DOS.  At home, I used Borland C++ for OS/2.  I
> occasionally got bitten by the difference in "int" length, which was 16
> bits in Turbo C++ and 32 on Borland C++.  My code would work fine at
> home, but bomb out in class because I'd overflow some variable.

Well both are C compliant. :)

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