From: "Damian Yerrick" <web DOT poison AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject: Re: What's this? A bug?
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:31:34 -0500
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 991007121008 DOT 22174K-100000 AT is...
>
> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Damian Yerrick wrote:
>
> > I challenge c.o.m.d readers to
> > find *one* C/C++ compiler on *any* platform that defines 'short'
> > as anything other than a 16-bit integer.
>
> Challenge taken ;-)
>
> On many embedded DSP processors all integral data types, including
> char, short, int, long, you name it--all of them have the same length,
> typically 32 bits.  This is because the target machine is a RISC CPU
> which is optimized for a single integral data type.

Dang! :-)

Let me rephrase that: Find a C/C++ compiler on a *general-
purpose* platform (PC, Mac, Java, etc.) that defines 'short'
larger than 16 bits.

OT:
Speaking of Java, is it possible to write a Java development
environment in the Java language? If so, are there any?