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| <h4 class="subsection">3.6.2 Number Constants</h4> |
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| <p><a name="index-constants_002c-number-169"></a><a name="index-number-constants-170"></a><samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> distinguishes three kinds of numbers according to how they |
| are stored in the target machine. <em>Integers</em> are numbers that |
| would fit into an <code>int</code> in the C language. <em>Bignums</em> are |
| integers, but they are stored in more than 32 bits. <em>Flonums</em> |
| are floating point numbers, described below. |
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