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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: the magic number 32637 in Athena form widget
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Date: 1 Nov 90 19:09:44 GMT
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> The authors of Xt
> got very hung up on types and used things like "short"'s when they thought that
> no one whould possibly ask for a number greater than 32637.  

Look at the definition of the protocol request CreateWindow.