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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!gradient.cis.upenn.edu
  2. From: freeman@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Jon Freeman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Simple C question
  5. Message-ID: <88412@netnews.upenn.edu>
  6. Date: 10 Sep 92 03:41:30 GMT
  7. Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu
  8. Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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  10. Nntp-Posting-Host: gradient.cis.upenn.edu
  11.  
  12. I have a very simple question.  Once I saw the following declaration
  13. in a C program:
  14.  
  15. long long x;
  16.  
  17. Well, I'm stumped.  Could someone please tell me what this means, and
  18. what it accomplishes, if anything?
  19.  
  20.                 Thanks,
  21.                  Jon
  22.  
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  24. "If the accelerator (gas pedal) sticks, the   | Jon Freeman
  25. car will often keep going faster and faster." | freeman@gradient.cis.upenn.edu
  26.    --Pennsylvania Driver's Manual, p. 55      | Office: (215) 898-4612
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