From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: 16 bit buffer
Date: 24 Jul 2002 08:17:33 GMT
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Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se> wrote:
> Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> : I believe DJGPP has the ILP32 convention - integers, longs and pointers are 32

> Is that acronym a standard one. (I don't think I've heard it defore.)

Actually, the standard name for this convention (and some others
closely related to it) would seem to be "vaxocentrism".  According to
the E.S.Raymond's Jargon File.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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