sizeof(long) in 64-bit Windows

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Because it doesn’t have to be. The C++ standard only requires that it is (if memory serves) at least 32 bits wide, and at least as big as int.

MSVC (and the ABI used by Windows) defines long to be 32 bits wide, and MingW follows suit because well, the compiler is a lot more useful when it agrees with the host OS

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