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Jeff Hanes (VLD/VMB) jeffh at Brl-Vld.ARPA
Wed Dec 5 23:44:50 AEST 1984


>	If I'm not mistaken UTS C supports a 64 bit integer type;
>	I believe that it is called a 'long long'.

For that matter, how about a 128-bit floating point type?
We could call it ... hmm, let's see ... how about:

	"double double" [toil and trouble, fire burn and ... ]

(-: Sorry, couldn't resist that one :-).
Thanks, Bill S., for that timely quote.

				-- Jeff Hanes



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