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Title=Number Constants
Subsections=SEC36, SEC37, SEC38

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<CODE>as</CODE> distinguishes three kinds of numbers according to how they
are stored in the target machine.  <I>Integers</I> are numbers that
would fit into an <CODE>int</CODE> in the C language.  <I>Bignums</I> are
integers, but they are stored in more than 32 bits.  <I>Flonums</I>
are floating point numbers, described below.
