On 2019-03-31 00:28:39 +0000, Maurice Kinal -> mark lewis said:
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> I am uncertain as to when "back in the day" was.  However when I first
> learned F77 way back when, an int was 32 bits, whether signed or
> unsigned.  What Pascal is calling an int would be called a short (16
> bits) and they could also be signed or unsigned.

(*) Clarity - "Turbo Pascal", not "Pascal". Turbo Pascal 6.0->7.0.1 treated
"Integer" as 16bit unsigned, however, BP7 & 8, TPW, Delphi, FPC and Modern
Pascal, all define "Integer" as 32bit. Same problem C guys have when picking up
 some of the old code "int" 16bit or 32bit? And lastly, Turbo Pascal had
"shortint" as signed 8bit - I always add the type smallint in my old projects -
 and s/Integer/SmallInt/gi as soon as I open old code.


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