Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!diku!keld
From: keld@diku.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: More than 32 bits needed where?
Message-ID: <3637@diku.dk>
Date: 3 Feb 88 17:04:56 GMT
References: <235@unicom.UUCP> <28200089@ccvaxa> <3104@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK
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Keywords: integer range, 32 bits, 64 bits

Another use of more than 32 bits is for normal accounting purposes.
31 bits with sign is just able to handle up to 20 million dollars
including cents. Not that impressing. In other currencies this might
only amount to 2 million or 200000 dollars worth. This is only
enough for amateur firms.

keld