Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

[Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com>]

In comp.arch.embedded Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net> wrote:

> The strict ordering is
> 	sizeof(char) <= sizeof(anything)
> 	sizeof(short) <= sizeof(int) <= sizeof(long)

> But that's not all!  Each type must be able to represent a certain range
> of values.  For 'short', that range is +/- 32,767.  For 'int', it is also
> +/- 32,767.  For 'long', it is +/- 2,147,483,647, and you can't do that
> without 32 bits.

Can you give a reference for this? The number 32767 appears only twice in
the 680 page C++ draft standard, the first is an example, and the second
refers to the pre-processor. 

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