R devel - Jun 2017 - R history: Why 'L; in suffix character ‘L’ for integer constants?

I'm just curious (no complaints), what was the reason for choosing the
letter 'L' as a suffix for integer constants?  Does it stand for
something (literal?), is it because it visually stands out, ..., or no
specific reason at all?

/Henrik

Le 16/06/2017 ? 17:54, Henrik Bengtsson a ?crit :
> I'm just curious (no complaints), what was the reason for choosing the
> letter 'L' as a suffix for integer constants?  Does it stand for
> something (literal?), is it because it visually stands out, ..., or no
> specific reason at all?
My guess is that it is inherited form C "long integer" type (contrary
to "short integer" or simply "integer")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types

Yeah, that was what I heard from our instructor when I was a graduate
student: L stands for Long (integer).

Regards,
Yihui
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Serguei Sokol <sokol at
insa-toulouse.fr> wrote:
> Le 16/06/2017 ? 17:54, Henrik Bengtsson a ?crit :
>>
>> I'm just curious (no complaints), what was the reason for choosing
the
>> letter 'L' as a suffix for integer constants?  Does it stand
for
>> something (literal?), is it because it visually stands out, ..., or no
>> specific reason at all?
>
> My guess is that it is inherited form C "long integer" type
(contrary to
> "short integer" or simply "integer")
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types