Hi Jerry! :-)

 JC> There are compilers, especially on DSPs, where char is 16 bits.  The 
 JC> reason is pretty simple: some DSPs aren't really built to deal with 
 JC> anything smaller than that.
I stand corrected, at least on the "bigger than 8 bits" count. ;)

 JC> The sizes of nearly all types are open to variation.  You probably 
 JC> see int vary the most, but but char int and long all vary quite 
 JC> routinely.  For whatever reason, the most dependable one is probably 
 JC> short being 16 bits.
Matches with my experience, yes.

 JC> In C99, they've added a number of new typedefs for int16_t, int32_t, 
 JC> and so on.
Yep, in .

Ciao
Pascal

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