From: rwaltman AT bellatlantic DOT net (Roberto Waltman)
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Subject: Re: 8 Byte Integer
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 03:51:10 GMT
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>> Is there a way so I can specify the size of an integer in DJGPP.  In MSDN
>> help, it says that MSVC++ 5.0 has the following integer sizes:
>>  <...snip...>
>> I am doing a program that calculates prime numbers, so the bigger the
>> better.  Is there any way I can get a 4 or 8 byte integer in DJGPP?

>If you want to create your own integral data types, then there are a
>large number of options available.  <...snip...>  There should be
>plenty of references available on the Internet and in print;

The book "C Interfaces and Implementations" by D.R.Hanson has
source code for two packages implementing extended precision
arithmetic and arbitrary precision arithmetic functions.
The code is available at
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/cii/ , but you'll probably
need the book to be able to use it.

RW.