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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Fortran was NOT higher level than C.  Was: Computer architects
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 14:36:30 +0300
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On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 13:04:24 +0300
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't know much about typical users of Modern Fortran, but would
> think that those coming from other languages, esp. from Python, would
> appreciate built-in infinite-precision integers

Somehow I feel that both "infinite-precision integers" and "arbitrary
precision integers" are both misnomers. But they are established terms
and I don't know how to express it better. May be, "arbitrary range" ?