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On 08.25, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > char,
>
> 8 bits
>
> > short,
>
> 16 bits
>
> > int,
>
> 32 bits
>
> > long,
>
> either 32 or 64 bits
>
> > long int,
>
> dito. long is just the short form of long int
>
> > long long, ...
>
> 64 bits
>

If you don't go away from linux, OK.

Really:
char = 8bit
long int = 32 or 64, depending on arch
long long = 64 bits

int = ??? almost anything, depending on arch and compiler.
Run DOS on your P4, with an old compiler, and int defaults to 16 bits.
I think the same also happens for Win16.

int is defined ad the native word size of the hardware+OS.

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