[net.lang.c] Question about short/int/long

steven@boring.UUCP (06/12/85)

A while ago someone claimed that there was a fundamental problem with
implementing short/int/long as all different (eg 16 bit shorts, 32 bit ints,
64 bit longs). I now can't remember what the problem was: could someone
remind me what it was about please?

Send mail: I'll summarise.

Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@mcvax