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From: bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:11:34 +0000
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On 20/03/2025 14:32, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> On 20/03/2025 13:36, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> then it's surprisingly rare in source code.
>>>
>>> Long is useless, because Microsoft made the mistake of defining
>>> 'long' as 32-bits on 64-bit architectures, while unix and linux
>>> define it as 64-bits.
>>
>> Unix and Linux define it as 32 bits on 32-bit architectures and 64 bits
>> on 64-bit ones.
> 
> That's what I said.  Thanks for the confirmation.  It doesn't change
> the fact that Microsoft didn't define long as 64-bit on 64-bit architectures,
> creating incompatibilities that didn't exist in the 32-bit world
> between the two dominant operating systems.
> 
> Remainder of bart's typical windows-centric complaints elided.
> 

But your typical anti-Microsoft remarks are fine? Since you called it a 
'mistake' to keep 'long' the same between 32/64-bit machines, even 
though both OSes kept 'int' the same.

It was just a choice.

Actually, my remarks didn't criticise either MS or Linux; just stated 
some facts. I did criticise STDINT types.