> long long is in gcc for VERY long time. It's slow but AFAIK more or less
> bug free in recent versions. Why we should wait for C standard approval ?
Because doing otherwise would break ANSI/ISO C compatibility?
In fact, ISO C0X approval is NOT ENOUGH: because breaking programs written
perfectly correct according to C9X is not an option right now. In ten
years, maybe.
Remember that those programs _do_ work right on a platform where time_t is
64 bit and one standard integer type - say, long - is 64 bits, too. Such
as most 64 bit platforms. Why break them for a 32 bit platform? There's no
urgent need.
MfG Kai
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