Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?

On 20/03/2025 14:32, Scott Lurndal wrote:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

On 20/03/2025 13:36, Scott Lurndal wrote:

then it's surprisingly rare in source code.

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Long is useless, because Microsoft made the mistake of defining
'long' as 32-bits on 64-bit architectures, while unix and linux
define it as 64-bits.

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Unix and Linux define it as 32 bits on 32-bit architectures and 64 bits
on 64-bit ones.

 That's what I said.  Thanks for the confirmation.  It doesn't change
the fact that Microsoft didn't define long as 64-bit on 64-bit architectures,
creating incompatibilities that didn't exist in the 32-bit world
between the two dominant operating systems.
 Remainder of bart's typical windows-centric complaints elided.
 

But your typical anti-Microsoft remarks are fine? Since you called it a 'mistake' to keep 'long' the same between 32/64-bit machines, even though both OSes kept 'int' the same.
It was just a choice.
Actually, my remarks didn't criticise either MS or Linux; just stated some facts. I did criticise STDINT types.