On Sun, 26 May 1996 20:04:20 -0400,
 in <199605270004.UAA13250@access4.digex.net>
 Harold Ancell <hga@access.digex.net> wrote ...

 >   Date: 26 May 1996 14:20 GMT
 >   From: Mink <Tempest@ktsabers.demon.co.uk>
 >
 >   #include "BGC_drinks.h"
 >
 >   int main(void)
 >   {
 >   long  drinks=0; // okay so an 'int' *might* *just* do - hehehe
 >		   // for the non C literate;
 >		   // an 'int' has a max. value of 32,767
 >		   // a 'long' has a max. value of 2,147,483,647
 >
 >Not necessarily so; "int" is defined to be the natural machine word
 >length; 16 bits in the 16 bit world, 32 bits in the 32 bit world (I
 >don't know about the Alpha).  Under Win32 and most if not all Unix
 >workstations, int is the same as long.
***BONG***
Newer machines probably, older ones no.
  int is defined as 2 bytes hence 32,767 max. in signed form
                         (unsigned it would 65535 of course)
***BONG***
 >
 >I prefer using the Microsoft typedefs to make things unambigious:
 >
 >BYTE, WORD, DWORD for unsigned 8, 16, 32 bits

Don't assume that everything uses the Microsoft C++ or C compiler.
Unix systems generally use their own C compiler (C++ if you're lucky)
and it frequently depends on the age of the system as to what is
typedefs are available.

 >I forget about the unsigned ones.

*** see first comment ***

 >( Voiceover: "Unfortunately, Mink is a rotten coder." :-)
 >
 >(No offense intended, but you remember the end of OAV #1, don't you? :-)

None taken ^_^
My tape is getting worn out from being played so often. :) :)

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