OT: Requesting C advice

[Mike McCarty]

Les wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 05:06 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>Les wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, George, 
>>>    FIrst integers are now 32 bit in most compilers, and long integers
>>>are still 32 bit in most as well.  Thus what you saw is probably a
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>Define "most compilers". "Most" machines are 16 bit or less and sport
>>compilers to match. How many microwave ovens have computers in them?
>>How many automobiles ignition systems? How many use C?
>>
>>Mike
> 
> It looks like you are trolling, Mike.  

Well, I'm not. Many Linux users complain that the Microsoft
world people don't realize that they are not the whole world.
Most people who use general purpose computers don't realize
that embedded computers far outnumber general purpose computers.

>     We were discussing C, so I saw no reason to indicate any thing else.
> Most compilers therefore means most C compilers.  
> We are also not discussing embedded applications.  I don't know what

Who is "we"? I don't see anywhere in the thread where any restriction
was placed like that.

[snip]

I wasn't trying to start an extended conversation. I was pointing
out what looked like a misconception. "Most" computers are
embedded. "Most" of them are now programmed in C or C++. If
compilers are counted by how many of the object files they
produce get shipped, then C compilers for 8 bit machines
far outnumber all others.

Perhaps I read your messages more literally than you intended.

Mike
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