[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Scott Dorsey]

=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
>I sort of had guessed that word was the same as on VAX,
>but I don't understand how it can't have a 32 bit integer.
>
>How does one work with file sizes and file position
>in bytes on PDP-11?
>
>I know you don't do C, but I believe C was invented on
>PDP-11.

I think the issue is with the programming language and not with the
architecture.  And yes, you can use bignum in C, at least under v7 Unix,
and store really really big numbers.
--scott

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