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long long long wtf!?!?

Mar 3, 2009
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Speaking in the realm of c++...

Why is a long equal to the size of an int, and why is a long int also the same size (4 bytes)? Why then do we also have a long long that is 8 bytes. Now, the real kicker, why is a double 8 bytes and then a long double 12 bytes?

Who in the world designed this retarded system? It is inconsistent! If a float is 4 bytes and a double is 8 bytes and a float is like an int which is 4 bytes and a double is like a long but a long is only 4 bytes and a long int is still 4 bytes but long double is 12 bytes then the developers can not count! Is there something other than an int and a long in the non-decimal space that is 8 bytes or 12 bytes?

Source Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
   cout <<"int " <<sizeof(int) <<endl
   <<"long " <<sizeof(long) <<endl
   <<"float " <<sizeof(float) <<endl
   <<"double " <<sizeof(double) <<endl
   <<"long long " <<sizeof(long long) <<endl
   <<"long int " <<sizeof(long int) <<endl
   <<"long double "<<sizeof(long double) <<endl
   <<"long long int " <<sizeof(long long int) <<endl;
   return 0;
}