as: Numbers

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1 3.6.2 Number Constants
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1 'as' distinguishes three kinds of numbers according to how they are
1 stored in the target machine.  _Integers_ are numbers that would fit
1 into an 'int' in the C language.  _Bignums_ are integers, but they are
1 stored in more than 32 bits.  _Flonums_ are floating point numbers,
1 described below.
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