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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Grame
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef __jack_systemdeps_h__
+#define __jack_systemdeps_h__
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	#include <stdint.h>
+        #include <sys/types.h>
+#else
+	#define __inline__ inline
+	#define vsnprintf _vsnprintf
+    	#define snprintf _snprintf
+
+   	typedef char int8_t;
+	typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
+	typedef short int16_t;
+	typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
+	typedef long int32_t;
+	typedef unsigned long uint32_t;
+	typedef LONGLONG int64_t;
+	typedef ULONGLONG uint64_t;
+
+#endif
+
+	typedef HANDLE pthread_t;
+        typedef int64_t _jack_time_t;
+
+#endif // WIN32 */
+
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__)
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+typedef uint64_t _jack_time_t;
+
+#endif // __APPLE__ || __linux__ */
+
+
+#endif