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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Program to compute amount of coins
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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>> Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>> (Note that ordinary C integers might be limited in range to some 2 
>>> billion cents or around $20m.)
>>
>> C's type int typically (on modern systems) has an upper bound of
>> 2**31-1, but it's allowed to be a small as 65535.  [snip]
>
> Of course you meant to say 32767.

Yes, of course.

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