[fitsbits] 64-bit integers

[William Pence]

Opinion Poll Update...

The voting in this opinion poll has been fairly light so far, but there is
still time to get your vote in by the end of the day tomorrow (Friday) and
perhaps significantly influence the outcome.  Note that I am only counting
those people that reply specifically to this poll and am not counting the
opinions for or against the 64-bit integer proposal that some may have
expressed in earlier messages.

-Bill Pence

William Pence wrote:
> 
> Opinion Poll Request:
> 
> In order to help gauge the level of support in the FITS community for adding
> 64-bit integers as a native data type in the definition of the FITS format,
> I'd like to take a straw poll of the readers of this news group.  This poll
> is completely unofficial and unscientific, but it may help in deciding how
> strongly this issue should be pursued through the official channels.  So, if
> you have an opinion one way or the other on this issue, please send an email
> message to pence at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (Do Not flood this newsgroup with your
> votes) with one of the following choices in the body of the email message:
> 
>  1  YES - I think 64-bit integers should be added to FITS
>  2  NO  - I do not think 64-bit integers should be added to FITS, at
>           least not at this time.
>  3  UNDECIDED - I have not yet made up my mind
>  4  NO OPINION - I don't care one way or the other

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