From: Reinier Heeres <rwh AT worldonline DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: 8 Byte Integer
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 18:22:38 +0100
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Michael Matczynski wrote:

> Is there a way so I can specify the size of an integer in DJGPP.  In
> MSDN
> help, it says that MSVC++ 5.0 has the following integer sizes:
>
> 1 byte: –128 to 127
> 2 byte: –32,768 to 32,767
> 4 byte: –2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647
> 8 byte: –9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
>
> I am doing a program that calculates prime numbers, so the bigger the
> better.  Is there any way I can get a 4 or 8 byte integer in DJGPP?

int or long types are 4 bytes, you'll have to create 8 byte types
yourself...

Reinier