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From: AdaMagica <christoph.grein@eurocopter.com>
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Subject: Re: simple question on long_float/short_float
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> Thanks. Are you saying that in Ada I can't make double precision
> variables and single precision variables? (as in Fortran?)

Nonsense.

Why don't you have a look in the RM, especially 3.5.7. There you can
find the following definitions:

{Float} In an implementation that supports floating point types with 6
or more digits of precision, the
requested decimal precision for Float shall be at least 6.

{Long_Float} If Long_Float is predefined for an implementation, then
its requested decimal precision
shall be at least 11.

You can define your own float types with the precision you need.