Fedora 9 32 or 64 Bit - Which One?

[stan]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> very poorly written, It's just that simple. From a developer standpoint, 
> developing a portable application, eg. one that can be compiled for 
> 32-bit or 64-bit and work out of the box is relatively simple if you 
> follow some rules. The newer C and C++ language standards also have 
> specific 32-bit and 64-bit integers, so you don't have to use "long" 
> which can be 32-bits or 64-bits. I remember the same issue with 16-bit 

Would you be willing to point to those 'relatively simple' 
techniques with a link?

Thanks.