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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: GNAT-Problem Set_Line(), Set_Col()
Date: 16 Nov 1994 08:48:25 -0500
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Ah that triggers the memory, yes indeed, we discussed the problem of files
being limited to integer size lines, which on 16-bit machines (e.g. compilers
for DOS) would be an intolerable restriction.