>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Harkes <jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu> writes:

    Jan> only the 'long' datatype is difficult because (afaik) it is
    Jan> defined as the size required to store a pointer.

I don't think there's really a common agreement on that, either.  In
particular ISTR that fails on the IA64 with function pointers.

-- 
Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences     http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
University of Tsukuba                    Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN
               Ask not how you can "do" free software business;
              ask what your business can "do for" free software.