Re: Problems with 64-bit numbers

[Brian Hawley <bhawley@luc.edu>]

At 07:01 AM 4/19/96 EDT, Mike Griebling <grieblm@trt.allied.com> wrote:
>Hmmm, I wonder if anyone at ETH has addressed this 64-bit issue?  It would be
>interesting to see their solution.

Oberon microsystems added a 64-bit integer and a 16-bit character type to
their Oberon Direct-To-COM compiler. They called the 64-bit integer HUGEINT
and the 16-bit (Unicode) character LONGCHAR. I figure that they're the next
best thing to ETH when it comes to setting standards, aside from Oakwood and
us :).

I like their solution. Let's adopt it. It'll make it easier for the various
Oberon/F programmers out there to port their stuff, and it doesn't mess with
current types.

Brian Hawley