len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek) (06/29/87)
I recently inquired whether Microsoft C and Turbo C handle 32 bit integers and floats with mantissas longer than 32 bits. What I learned was what I had hoped for. ALL PC C compilers have "long" integers of 32 bits and the two in question have 64-bit floating point. It is not surprising that an 8086 C compiler would have 16 bit "int"s, but converting int declarations to long will not be a big problem. I did get a difference of opinion on whether I should use Turbo or Microsoft, but that is to be expected. In the final analysis I will probably let price be the dictating factor. Thanks to everyone that responded. Len