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From: David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu>
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Subject: Re: ada vs. cpp
Date: 10 Oct 2001 18:50:27 GMT
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:59:53 GMT, Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
> This is one of those few cases where I think the "safe" choice (arbitrary
> precision integers) is the wrong default.

Why? It seems to me you wouldn't lose much in Ada if you let Integer be
an arbitrary precision integer, and forced people to use subtypes with
restricted ranges to get access to hardware types. It may not be the
best trade-off for Ada, but for a higher-level language, I don't see why
not.

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