Opps!
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Right, I thought of short vs. int a few minutes ago, as I was reading an old
issue of Programmer's Journal. Dumb mistake. As to poke, can you just
dereference a long like that? I'm sure you can, but I mean isn't there a
good reason to cast it to a pointer type? Tell me… I'm trying to learn C!
– Bela