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From: KINSELLA%IRTCCARL@uga.cc.uga.edu
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Subject: Re: 64 bit binary variable in PASCAL/VS R2.1
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Date: 20 Sep 90 14:32:38 GMT
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On Tue, 18 Sep 1990 19:14:36 BST Suleyman Nazif Kutlu said:
>I want to use 64 bit binary variable in PASCAL/VS. But how can I declare
>this kind of variable ? I can not use REAL type variables, because PASCAL
>automatically converts it to the exponential form when I want to write it.

I do not fully understand your problem. Are you trying to manipulate real
numbers, stored in 8 bytes (64 bits), or are you trying to manipulate binary
numbers of 64 bits, so that results will appear as 11001110101....?


Austin Kinsella,
Regional Technical College, Kilkenny Road, Carlow, Ireland.