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+2  Q: 

On which platforms/compilers sizeof(short) is NOT 2?

Tried to look for that and didn't find an answer.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

+2  A: 

There are DSPs that don't allow for integers of less than 32 bits. See this for instance.

ninjalj  2010-07-04 15:03:39

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