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From: Patrick Kelly <kameo76890@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:54:59 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ken-cc, 64 bits machine, and 32 bits integers
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> "long" is guaranteed to be at least 32 bits by C89. So this could do,
> but could be a little overkill:

> 1) If a compiler set on a 32 bits machine, "long" to be 64 bits? (I
> haven't looked at the sources, but I guess it is not the case for
> ken-cc
> suite).

> 2) On a 64 bits (since Charles Forsyth has done work for amd64 at
> least
> on ken-cc, this exists), I imagine "long" is an octa (64 bits).

Useful reading:
	http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/comp.html
	http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/compiler.html

> /* shame */ I have only ia32 machines---and single core... and I
> haven't
> wandered in the sources either...

You should at least look at u.h