On 12 Apr 2007 07:33:29 -0700, Nico Heinze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], kathir resh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The range of int is -32767 to +32768 but for long it > > varies. whenever the input to be used is of big in range > > (int type) long type is used > <snip> > > Sorry for being so pernickety, but the correct numbers for the usual > widespread 2's complement representation of 16-bit integers are > -32,768 to +32,767. >
You're both wrong. The Standard does not require 2's compliment to be used, and all a compiler is required to support is -32767 to +32767 for ints. </nitpick> -- PJH Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
