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From: Alan Brain <aebrain@dynamite.com.au>
Subject: Re: Java vs Ada 95 (Was Re: Once again,
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Date: 1996/10/20
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Keith Thompson wrote:
>
> > If you really have to have 32 bits, just use
> >
> > type INTEGER_32 is new INTEGER;
> > for INTEGER_32'size use 32;
> 
> Um, no.
> 
>     type Integer_32 is range -2**31 .. +2**31-1;
> 
> Your version assumes that Integer is at least 32 bits.  This is true
> for many but not all implementations.

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