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- From: kauth@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Joan Kauth)
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:24:45 GMT
- Subject: Re: 64-bit integers from Sun f77
- Message-ID: <9080023@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
- References: <1992Jul16.215352.25027@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- I can't answer your original question, but am curious as to why 64-bit
- integers are important for Fortran users, so I would like to pose a counter
- question.
-
- Why do you need 64-bit integers?
- I.e. What do you use integers for that requires > 32 bits?
-
- Some possibilities come to mind:
-
- o For importability from systems whose default integer size is 64-bits.
- o For time or money representation.
- o For representation of quantities (such as distance or length) which more
- naturally would be REAL, but integer operations are faster.
- o For more bit fields in an integer for use as flags.
-
- Or ???
-
-
- Joan Kauth
- Hewlett-Packard Fortran compiler lab
- Fort Collins, Colorado
-