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Subject: Re: Ada exception block does NOT work?
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Martin Krischik wrote:
> Well, the very first C did not have "unsigned int" there was just int.
> That's why unix has a 2GB limit on files and not a 4 GB limit. (There is a
> new set of file IO which can deal with larger files).

The standard of the Vanilla, K&R C language "The C Programming Language" 
first edition, does include unsigned integer types. The old Unix file 
size limit is probably due to other reasons.

> I think Java is still without "unsigned".

That is true, but Java does provide the common bit twiddling operations 
for its signed integers.

> And last not least Ada "mod" type in not only unsigned it also has warp
> around as extra - which you might not actually want.

Or it might be exactly what you want. It depends on the application.

> Martin
> 

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