DW> The DEFLNG A-Z at the beginning makes the variables
 DW> default to "long" (32-bit) integers, unless their
 DW> names carry suffixes such as "$" or "#" to indicate
 DW> some other type.

can you tell me what those used in your pythag are and what they mean? i
see some with $ and one or two with #... its kinda hard to convert to
another language when the size of the variables isn't known ;)  it also
helps to know the ranges, too...

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