This is output from `defines' version 4.1.1, from your buddies at Newtware! Sat Apr 14 15:16:29 PDT 2012 386BSD odin 0.1 #Jolix-0.1 i386 cc = [cc] strings: 2: No such file or directory __386BSD__ = 1 __BASE_FILE__ = "/tmp/def78.c" __DATE__ = "Apr 14 2012" __FILE__ = "/tmp/def78.c" __GNUC__ = 1 __INCLUDE_LEVEL__ = 0 __LINE__ = 3629 __STDC__ = 1 __TIME__ = "15:16:31" __VERSION__ = "1.39" ____386BSD____ = 1 i386 = 1 unix = 1 Checking other possibilities; should already be listed above: __DATE__ = "Apr 14 2012" __FILE__ = "/tmp/def78.c" __GNUC__ = 1 __LINE__ = 25 __STDC__ = 1 __TIME__ = "15:16:31" Sizes of basic variable types: sizeof(char) = 8 bits sizeof(short) = 16 bits sizeof(int) = 32 bits sizeof(long) = 32 bits sizeof(float) = 32 bits sizeof(double) = 64 bits sizeof(long double) = 64 bits sizeof(char *) = 32 bits sizeof(char (*)(char)) = 32 bits