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    <p>I wonder, why my request does not get published.</p>
    <p>Regards Dieter<br>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Betreff:
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            <td>Size of LONGINT in ETHOberon</td>
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            <td>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:55:30 +0100</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Von: </th>
            <td>Dieter <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:d.gloetzel@web.de"><d.gloetzel@web.de></a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">An: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch">oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch</a></td>
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      <p>According to NW the size of LONGINT is +/- 2147483647<br>
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      <p>However when I run</p>
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      <p>MODULE powerof2;<br>
        IMPORT Out;<br>
        PROCEDURE power*;<br>
        VAR i : INTEGER; value : LONGINT;<br>
        BEGIN<br>
        i := 0; value := 1;<br>
        WHILE i < 32 DO<br>
        Out.Ln(); Out.Int(i,5); Out.Int(value,20);<br>
        INC(i); value := 2 * value;<br>
        END;<br>
        END power;<br>
        BEGIN<br>
        END powerof2.power</p>
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      <p> I get</p>
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      <p> 0                   1<br>
            1                   2<br>
            2                   4<br>
            3                   8<br>
            4                  16<br>
            5                  32<br>
            6                  64<br>
            7                 128<br>
            8                 256<br>
            9                 512<br>
           10                1024<br>
           11                2048<br>
           12                4096<br>
           13                8192<br>
           14               16384<br>
           15               32768<br>
           16               65536<br>
           17              131072<br>
           18              262144<br>
           19              524288<br>
           20             1048576<br>
           21             2097152<br>
           22             4194304<br>
           23             8388608<br>
           24            16777216<br>
           25            33554432<br>
           26            67108864<br>
           27           134217728<br>
           28           268435456<br>
           29           536870912<br>
           30          1073741824<br>
           31 -2147483648</p>
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      <p>Has anybody got an explanation?</p>
      <p>Thanky and bye Dieter<br>
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