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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: VMS
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:08:19 -0700
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:33:37 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> Remember, Unix systems were fully 32-bit right from the 1980s
> onwards, and embraced 64-bit early on with the DEC Alpha in 1992. So
> =E2=80=9Clong=E2=80=9D would have been 64 bits from at least that time, b=
ecause why
> waste an occurrence of the =E2=80=9Clong=E2=80=9D qualifier?

Entirely dependent on the particular flavor and implementation. I once
had to modify a benchmark when running it on VAX NetBSD (7, I think...?)
due to assumptions about sizeof(int) vs. sizeof(long) getting violated -
which, I imagine, had their roots in compatibility with earlier Unices.