From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ut-sally!utah-cs!utah-gr!uplherc!sp7040!obie!wsccs!wes From: wes@wsccs.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Need 64 bit integers on VAX Message-ID: <169@wsccs.UUCP> Date: 19 Feb 88 21:06:29 GMT References: <1234@wayback.UUCP> <31@obie.UUCP> <691@actnyc.UUCP> Summary: VAX RTL 64-bit integers... good idea! List-Id: In article <691@actnyc.UUCP>, djs@actnyc.UUCP (Dave Seward) writes: > I agree with Mr. Wes, but add that VMS has RTL (run time library) callable > routines giving access to the VAX 64 bit arithmetic instructions, so that > one could write an Ada package providing this ability without having to > actually code the arithmetic operations themselves. Good tip, Dave; if I had known about the VAX 64-bit integer routines in the RTL, I would have suggested the same thing. My first Ada program had import pragmas so I could use QIO's for direct terminal I/O. It was really very easy to do, I used the sources for the Ada RTL routine (which are written in BLISS, of course :-) ) import pragmas as an example. -- /\ - " Against Stupidity, - {backbones}! /\/\ . /\ - The Gods Themselves - utah-cs!utah-gr! / \/ \/\/ \ - Contend in Vain." - uplherc!sp7040! / U i n T e c h \ - Schiller - obie!wes