Saagar Jha (@saagar@saagarjha.com)

Ridley @ WATCH LYCORECO

04/26/2023 (replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))

@hikari nah short is sane, it's 16-bit on all common desktop/server/etc platforms

Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

04/26/2023 (replying to Ridley @ WATCH LYCORECO)

@rcombs but int being short or long depending on the platform makes me sad and has broken so much

Ridley @ WATCH LYCORECO

04/26/2023 (replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))

@hikari where is int = short, outside embedded? (like, for the most part these days it's neither on 64-bit even?)

Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

04/26/2023 (replying to Ridley @ WATCH LYCORECO)

@rcombs I mean yes we live in the 32-bit era now so desktops, laptops, phones and servers’ CPUs have sizeof(int) == 4, but embedded is a thing, and legacy OSes were a thing, and if you try to port legacy code to a modern OS you’ll suffer :p