From: djs@actnyc.UUCP (Dave Seward)
Subject: Re: Need 64 bit integers on VAX
Date: 11 Feb 88 00:09:00 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <691@actnyc.UUCP> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 31@obie.UUCP
In article <31@obie.UUCP> wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes:
>In article <1234@wayback.UUCP>, arny@wayback.UUCP (Arny B. Engelson) writes:
>> Is ... overloading the arithmetic
>> operators, the way to go?
>Yes, this is the way to go, that's why the features were put into the
>language.
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.
Dave Seward.
InterACT Corp.
uunet!actnyc!djs
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1988-01-28 15:13 Need 64 bit integers on VAX Arny B. Engelson
1988-02-04 7:05 ` Barnacle Wes
1988-02-11 0:09 ` Dave Seward [this message]
1988-02-19 21:06 ` Barnacle Wes
1988-02-27 6:01 ` terry
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