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Asked: 2026-05-31T06:34:05+00:00

sizeof(int) shows 4 on my Dev Cpp even though its running on a 64

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sizeof(int) shows 4 on my Dev Cpp even though its running on a 64 bit machine. Why doesn’t it consider the underlying HW and show 8 instead? Also, if I compiling environment also changes to 64 bit ( Does a 64 bit compiler makes sense in the first place?! ), would size of int change then?

Are there any standards which decide this?

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    Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit (under 64-bit data models)

    There are various models, Microsoft decided that sizeof(int) == 4, some (a few) others didn’t.

    HAL Computer Systems port of Solaris to SPARC64 and Unicos seem to be the only ones where sizeof(int) == 8. They are called ILP64 and SILP64 models.

    The true “war” was for sizeof(long), where Microsoft decided for sizeof(long) == 4 (LLP64) while nearly everyone else decided for sizeof(long) == 8 (LP64).

    Note that in truth it’s the compiler that “decides” which model to use, but as written in the wiki

    Note that a programming model is a choice made on a per-compiler basis, and several can coexist on the same OS. However, the programming model chosen as the primary model for the OS API typically dominates.

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