From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/24/2025 10:22 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:05:37 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
   >> But note that DEC made half step first: Alpha is 64-bit machine and   
   >> DEC made long 32-bit on Alpha.   
   >   
   > On DEC Unix, as on every other *nix, “int” was 32 bits and “long”   
   was 64   
   > bits. This applied on Alpha, too.   
      
   Given the group, then Alpha with no OS specification is likely to   
   mean VMS.   
      
   VMS and Tru64 (DEC OSF/1 -> Digital Unix -> Compaq Tru64) was   
   treated very differently for Alpha.   
      
   On VMS Alpha the goal was backwards compatibility with VMS VAX,   
   so long stayed 32 bit.   
      
   On Tru64 there were no strong requirement for compatibility with   
   Ultrix VAX and Ultrix MIPS, so long was made 64 bit.   
      
   Arne   
      
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