Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 17:30:52 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Thu, 18 May 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:

> > > If it's a standard type, what is it needed for then? Isn't int enough?
> > 
> > No, it isn't enough.  If it were enough, the ANSI comittee would not have
> > invented it.
> 
> Like fpos_t which depends on file system?

Yes, fpos_t is another example of such a type.  ptrdiff_t is yet another.