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From: Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:20:21 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] RPC on IA64
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, qiuhb wrote:

> The long type is 32-bit on IA32 and it is 64-bit on IA64,yes or no?

Yes.  Nowadays, long is the only standard C type whose size is likely
to vary between platforms.  int is 32-bit practically everywhere and
long long is 64-bit everywhere.  Note that the current situation *may*
change in the future, so it's better to avoid relying on these sizes,
if possible.

Dan