hakanai·vor 5 Jahren·discussA 'word' on an x86 is 32-bit, but a WORD is 16 bits.You can _absolutely_ blame Microsoft for using it to mean something that it isn't.
hakanai·vor 5 Jahren·discussIf you need an 18-bit int it would be called int18 under this scheme. And encountering things like int18 in code, at least you would never wonder what kind of int it was.
hakanai·vor 5 Jahren·discussHmm, given its position in that sequence, it looks like it means a floating-point type larger than a double.
You can _absolutely_ blame Microsoft for using it to mean something that it isn't.