[Info-vax] 64 bit DCL ?

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In article <90fff460-bec3-4c85-ac6f-f99bef10d841 at googlegroups.com>, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> writes:
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>>=20
>> $ ENABLE QUADWORD
>> $ DISABLE QUADWORD
>>=20
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>So is this local to a command file (like SET ON) or should propagate to inv=
>olved command files or be inherited by a subprocess?
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>If it is something local, then use a SET subverb.  If it propagates in some=
> form, then SET PROC /DCL=3D(QUADWORD_ARITHMETIC)
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>And don't forget some F$ lexical to query the state.
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>For picking the type of a symbol based on the 'right hand side', that isn't=
> a normal 3GL compiler behavior.  That is why you end up all those 1L and 1=
>UL and 1LL in C.  Perhaps you want something like that?  Or use F$ lexical =
>or syntax for that is essentially a typecast?
>
>
Am I now writing this new DCL?
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