1. integer type
- Posted by =?iso-8859-2?B?qWtvZGE=?= <tone.skoda at SIOL.NET> Jun 15, 2000
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------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFD6CF.BCA88BC0 charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i dont know when to use integer type instead of atom. now i mostly use it just as boolean (when 0 or 1) do i gain a lot of speed using integer instead of atom? cause i want my programs to be fast. example: can a string be longer than maximum integer number at which biggest number will integer type cause error, when atom = wouldnt?=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFD6CF.BCA88BC0 charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-2" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i dont know when to use integer type = instead of=20 atom.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>now i mostly use it just as boolean = (when 0 or=20 1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>do i gain a lot of speed using integer = instead of=20 atom?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>cause i want my programs to be = fast.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>example: can a string be longer than = maximum=20 integer number</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>at which biggest number will = integer type=20 cause error, when atom wouldnt? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFD6CF.BCA88BC0--
2. Re: integer type
- Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at CNW.COM> Jun 15, 2000
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:43:50 +0200, <tone.skoda at SIOL.NET> wrote: >i dont know when to use integer type instead of atom. >now i mostly use it just as boolean (when 0 or 1) >do i gain a lot of speed using integer instead of atom? >cause i want my programs to be fast. >example: can a string be longer than maximum integer number >at which biggest number will integer type cause error, when atom wouldnt? May I suggest reading the Euphoria Reference Manual? Section 2 (Language Definition) will answer all of those questions and more. -- Brian