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From: hagenh@gmx.de (Hagen Hannemann)
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Subject: long integer?
Date: 16 Mar 1999 21:14:16 GMT
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Is there a way to use longer integers other than programming them on your  
own? 64 bit unsigned would be fine for a start, but 32 bit signed are a  
bit (sic!) short for several purposes.

tia,
Hagen