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From: truesdel@sun217..nas.nasa.gov (David A. Truesdell)
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Subject: Re: bigger longs (64 bits)
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Date: 9 Feb 90 21:30:38 GMT
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markh@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Mark Harrison) writes:
>btw, I have always heard 64 bit integers referred to as "xlongs" (extra
>longs)... is this common or just our own local jargon?

Uts calls a 64bit integer a "long long".  On a Cray, it is simply a "long".

I doubt if there is any truely "common" term for a type that's longer than a
long.


T.T.F.N.,
dave truesdell (truesdel@prandtl.nas.nasa.gov)

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