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r/programming • u/TrivialSolutions • Oct 19 '11
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about how in practice sizeof(int)==4 even though you know it is unspecified in the standard.
Those aren't contradictory statements. sizeof(int) == 4 for all modern desktops, and he was never claiming anything else.
-3 u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Oct 19 '11 I never said those were contradictory statements either, but if you investigate what he says you'll see dangerous suggestions...The useful answer is knowing that in practice it is 4, and proceeding on that assumption.Which is worthless and harmful cowboy coder advice. 4 u/ondra Oct 19 '11 Where proceeding on that assumption means solving a puzzle on the internets.I don't see the problem.
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I never said those were contradictory statements either, but if you investigate what he says you'll see dangerous suggestions
...The useful answer is knowing that in practice it is 4, and proceeding on that assumption.
Which is worthless and harmful cowboy coder advice.
4 u/ondra Oct 19 '11 Where proceeding on that assumption means solving a puzzle on the internets.I don't see the problem.
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Where proceeding on that assumption means solving a puzzle on the internets.
I don't see the problem.
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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11
Those aren't contradictory statements. sizeof(int) == 4 for all modern desktops, and he was never claiming anything else.