[Info-vax] 64 bit DCL ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/15/2015 4:20 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> If DCL integer values were suddently moved to 64 bits, whould existing
> code that only looks at 32 bits break ? (for instance doing bit tricks
> within DCL or would having extra high order bits not make a difference ?
>
> or would the move to 64 bit integers be more or less transparent for
> most DCL (VAXman need not apply, he doesn't do "normal" :-)
>
> If it does cause trouble, what sort of uses would break ?

$ x=%xFFFFFFFF
$ x=x+1

would certainly change behavior.

Arne





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