From: dbe AT wgn DOT net ($Bill Luebkert)
Subject: Re: long long vs long
23 Jul 1998 07:01:09 -0700
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Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> Or why not set a new standard something like
> 
> int8, int16, int32, int64 to indicate the number of bits.

For years I coded all of mine I8, U8, I16, U16, I32, U32.
Actually I'd probably use lower case if I were to start over again,
easier to type.

Now all you would need is to add I64, U64 or i64, u64.  :)

10 years from now you can add i128 and u128.  Or maybe they'll 
do a half-step to i96, u96.  :)

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