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