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<h3 class="section">4.15 Architecture</h3>

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<li><cite>The values or expressions assigned to the macros specified in the
headers </cite><code>&lt;float.h&gt;</code><cite>, </cite><code>&lt;limits.h&gt;</code><cite>, and </cite><code>&lt;stdint.h&gt;</code><cite>
(C90 and C99 5.2.4.2, C99 7.18.2, C99 7.18.3).</cite>

     <p>Determined by ABI.

     <li><cite>The number, order, and encoding of bytes in any object
(when not explicitly specified in this International Standard) (C99 6.2.6.1).</cite>

     <p>Determined by ABI.

     <li><cite>The value of the result of the </cite><code>sizeof</code><cite> operator (C90
6.3.3.4, C99 6.5.3.4).</cite>

     <p>Determined by ABI.

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