asctime.c

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Andrew Brown said:
> my copy of k&r (2ed) says, in brief:
> 
>     + short and long are intended (but not required) to be different
>       lengths
>     + int will be the "natural size" for a machine
>     + shorts and ints are at least 16 bits
>     + longs are at least 32 bits
>     + sizeof(short) <= sizeof(int) <= sizeof(long)
> 
> therefore, int could be 128 bits if you liked, but long would have to
> be at least as many, while short could only be at most as many.  and
> that's it.

K&R isn't the Standard, and sometimes simplifies. However, your conclusions
here are correct.

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