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On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 05:55:02 -0800 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Dave
Bloodgood" <dabldgd AT cox DOT net> wrote:

>"Andrey" <huli_ebtyt AT list DOT ru> wrote in message
>news:baec0bf0 DOT 0403020529 DOT 8f42598 AT posting DOT google DOT com...
>> And what if I want to process an array of 16-bit data loaded from a file,
>> should I use?:
>>
>> a = *(pointer)&0x0000ffff;
>> b = *(pointer)>>16;
>> ...
>> work with a, b
>> ...
>>
>> I think it is not optimal...

>Use "short"'s instead of Int ( which are really long ). They can be signed
>or unsigned, and are guaranteed to be 16 bits

... at least 16 bits! 

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