tim@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Tim Eakin) (07/30/90)
I need to use long integer data types in a Pascal program to be run on either a Sun or an Apollo. Apparently the only built-in integer data types for the Sun pc compiler and the Apollo Domain PASCAL are 2-byte and 4-byte integers, not nearly large enough for my application. There is a built-in long integer type in Apple Pascal for the Apple II that accomodates up to 16-byte integers, but I have not been able to determine from the documentation how this was constructed. So, do any of you Pascal gurus in netland know of a way to construct arbitrary length integer data types? If so, I would really appreciate any hints or recipes you may have. Thanks ! tim@walt.cc.utexas.edu