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<h4 class="subsection">3.6.2 Number Constants</h4>
<p><a name="index-constants_002c-number-167"></a><a name="index-number-constants-168"></a><samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> distinguishes three kinds of numbers according to how they
are stored in the target machine. <em>Integers</em> are numbers that
would fit into an <code>int</code> in the C language. <em>Bignums</em> are
integers, but they are stored in more than 32 bits. <em>Flonums</em>
are floating point numbers, described below.
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