What's "best" type to use to guarantee a 64-bit quantity? I know it's implementation and platform dependent, but is their any sort of de facto standard? I've seen int64_t, __int64, int64...
Also, on a somewhat unrelated note, do 64-bit architectures generally supply primitive types longer than 64 bits?
Answering my own question, it seems that int64_t is the correct choice, as of C99. Second question still stands, though.
I suppose it all depends on the architecture, but FWIW...Originally Posted by pdc
Registers
The IA-64 architecture includes a very generous complement of registers: 128 each of 82-bit floating point and 64-bit integer registers.
7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*
I think "long long" is the long-long-winded, yet correct choice. Might as well typedef it away.
