Re: 64-bit integers in Ada

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <ai8pf9$fip$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:
> One advantage to insisting that the type Integer supports at least 16 bits
> is that it gives the developer some minimal parameters on which to write
> software that might rely on the standard type Integer. If you won't
> guarantee that the type Integer has some minimal usefulness, then why bother
> to have it at all? Most hardware will support 16 bits and even if it doesn't
> you might find it difficult to write any useful programs if you can't count
> up to at least 32767, so a software simulation is probably necessary.

Certainly it is unlikely you would find it useful to be limited to
a maximum value of 127.