Invisible schrieb:
>> That's actually its strength... until it comes to interfacing with the 
>> outside world, which is where things tend to get ugly.
> 
> And given that currently the number one use for C is to interface with 
> the outside world... strange choice, that.

I'd say its number one use is for embedded systems, which typically have 
a very limited interface to the outside world.


> I don't see anything useful listed - unless I'm looking at the wrong 
> file...

Oops - you're looking at the wrong file indeed, but that's my fault: Try 
<limits.h> instead of <types.h> - sorry :-)

<float.h> does the same for floating-point types, by the way.

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