That's deeper than I'd gone. ...
so I looked into it.
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Integer is a 16-bit fixed point number.The bits number 0 to 14
represent integer value and the bit number 15 is sign, negative value
in the case of 1 in 15th bit.The value range is from 32767 to -32768.
despite a int value , a DINT value has a identifier(e.g L#11), it is a 32-bit
fixed- point number.The value range is from +2147483647 to -2147483648.
Real numbers are 32-bit variable (e.g. positive side from 1.175494*10-38 to3.402823*1038 ).
The length of a Real number is as same as a DINT number, But bit pattern
of a real number is totally different from a DINT. In a real number bits 0 to 22 are considered
as mantissa and bits 23 to 30 are considered as exponent. The last bit is the sign.
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Integers have no value in a system with a capacity of more than 32,767 votes. DINT and Real are both 32-bit.
I'd read Eric S. Raymond and Richard Stallman back in the day, so my criticism would center on the proprietary code. (reportedly, some company in Spain just had their servers confiscated by the U.S. Army (SCYTL?)) Nothing to do with birds, though. Move along.
The goal should be a Free and Open Source therefore auditable process.