From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4751d44ff54a2c2c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-01 03:57:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 64-bit integers in Ada Date: 1 Aug 2002 05:57:44 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3CE3978F.6070704@gmx.spam.egg.sausage.and.spam.net> <3D46DC69.7C291297@adaworks.com> <5ee5b646.0207301613.5b59616c@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1028198830 18683 192.135.80.34 (1 Aug 2002 10:47:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:47:10 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27559 Date: 2002-08-01T05:57:44-06:00 List-Id: In article , "Marin David Condic" 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.