[Info-vax] 64 bit DCL ?

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In article <54b82f3b$0$19803$c3e8da3$33881b6a at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>Just wondering out-bit  (instead of out-loud :-)
>
>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 ?

I would say that it would depend upon how it was implemented.


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