bigger longs (64 bits)

[David A. Truesdell]

markh at attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Mark Harrison) writes:
>btw, I have always heard 64 bit integers referred to as "xlongs" (extra
>longs)... is this common or just our own local jargon?

Uts calls a 64bit integer a "long long".  On a Cray, it is simply a "long".

I doubt if there is any truely "common" term for a type that's longer than a
long.


T.T.F.N.,
dave truesdell (truesdel at prandtl.nas.nasa.gov)

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