word-size

Determine word size of my processor

How do I determine the word size of my CPU? If I understand correct an int should be one word right? I'm not sure if I am correct. So should just printing sizeof(int) would be enough to determine the word size of my processor? ...

LP64, LLP64 and the IL32 transition

During the transition from 16 to 32 bit in the 80s, int was either 16 or 32 bit. Using the current 64 bit transition nomenclature, I understand there was a pretty even spread of ILP32 and LP32 machines. At the time I believe it was understood that int would always follow the register or pointer width for any given architecture and that l...