Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site datagen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!cmcl2!rocky2!datagen!mrm From: mrm@datagen.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: PRIME pointer sizes Message-ID: <59@datagen.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 02:48:07 EST Article-I.D.: datagen.59 Posted: Mon Feb 20 02:48:07 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Feb-84 07:25:40 EST Organization: Data General Dist. Systems, Westborough, MA Lines: 8 At the ANSI X3J11 (ANSI C standards), the PRIME rep. said that for the C compiler produced by PRIME, they do indeed have two different sizes for pointers (ie, a word pointer which occupies 32 bits, and a byte/bit pointer which occupies 48 bits, which is longer than their long variables are). Michael Meissner Data General Corporation ...{ allegra, inhp4, rocky2, decvax!ittvax }!datagen!mrm