Subj : Re: Win98 error
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid>
Date : Sat Mar 13 2004 10:57 pm

Thomas Maeder [TeamB] wrote:

>Bob Gonder  writes:
>
>> I'd expect   if( ByteB < 27 ) to be a byte comparison.
>
>This is not a question about compilers. It's about how the language is
>defined.

I'm comfortable having an issue with the language. Wouldn't be the
first time.
Thinking on it,(guessing, really) maybe it was decided that scalars
are ints because at the time, computers didn't really have
(addressable) bytes. I know GE (27bit words 1965) didn't and I don't
think CDC (64bit words 1970?) did either, but I didn't do much asm on
the CDC.  Don't have my BASM manual any more, but I don't think the
IBM (360/370?) had them either. I know the IBM had to have had byte
manipulation because I worked on front-ends, but  I just can't
remember the addressing details any more.

I suppose I'd need to write it as   if( ByteB < (BYTE)27 )
That for sure's gotta get me a byte compare...but it seems rather
redundant.


Side note:
_Are_ ints going to be 64 soon?
I've been very carefull to never place ints in structs.
That's good, right?

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