From sokol at insa-toulouse.fr  Fri Jun 16 18:00:09 2017
From: sokol at insa-toulouse.fr (Serguei Sokol)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 18:00:09 +0200
Subject: [Rd] =?utf-8?q?R_history=3A_Why_=27L=3B_in_suffix_character_?=
 =?utf-8?b?4oCYTOKAmSBmb3IgaW50ZWdlciBjb25zdGFudHM/?=
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Le 16/06/2017 ? 17:54, Henrik Bengtsson a ?crit :
> I'm just curious (no complaints), what was the reason for choosing the
> letter 'L' as a suffix for integer constants?  Does it stand for
> something (literal?), is it because it visually stands out, ..., or no
> specific reason at all?
My guess is that it is inherited form C "long integer" type (contrary to "short integer" or simply "integer")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types



[Rd] =?utf-8?q?R_history=3A_Why_=27L=3B_in_suffix_character_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCYTOKAmSBmb3IgaW50ZWdlciBjb25zdGFudHM/?=
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