From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Radey Shouman  schrieb:   
      
   > The size of the integer type was specified to be the same as the size of   
   > the real type.  The real type need not be 32-bit floating point, but   
   > that is certainly the way to bet.   
      
   A famous counter-example: Cray's 64-bit REALs.   
      
   --   
   This USENET posting was made without artificial intelligence,   
   artificial impertinence, artificial arrogance, artificial stupidity,   
   artificial flavorings or artificial colorants.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)