[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Sun Jan 29 10:42:58 EST 2023


On 1/29/2023 9:32 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> =?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.

So other language & OS combinations did support 32 bit
integers on PDP-11?

Possible including first version of C.

Arne





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