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    variable size limits

    This variable size limits thing has me confused, does the quote below mean that on a half decent windows computer using a modern compiler i can expect to be able to use a signed integer to count up to 2billion? i can remember them years ago being limited to 16,000, what goes on?

    the quote shown is from a copy of C++ for dummies >

    A second problem with the int variable type is its limited range. A normal
    int variable can store a maximum value of 2,147,483,647 and a minimum value
    of –2,147,483,648 — roughly from positive 2 billion to negative 2 billion, for a
    total range of about 4 billion.

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    > half decent windows computer using a modern compiler i can expect
    Expect? No. But more than likely it is so.

    See limits.h - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    The ANSI standard says it must at least range from –32,767 to 32,767.

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    haha ok thanks

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