Uses of Short

[preece at ccvaxa.UUCP]

> > `What are the stimuli that would provoke Guy to respond by typing `short'
> > at the C compiler?'
>  How about an array of 10000 counters, each one of which won't ever get
> over 10000.  Perfect opportunity for "short" on any machine, especially
> machines like mine which has 32-bit "int"s.  /* Written  7:40 pm  Sep
> 10, 1985 by guy at sun.uucp in ccvaxa:net.lang.c */
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Of course, on some machines halfword arithmetic is slower than fullword
arithmetic and on others the opposite is true, so if speed is a major
consideration you may need to tailor your declaration to the specific
machine you're working on.  Maybe "int" should by convention be
the whatever style integer is the fastest to work with...

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scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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