Am 06.01.2013 00:34, schrieb Bart:
> On 1/5/13, Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote:
> 
>> Because they don't fit in 32 bits.
> 
> Which (to me) raises the question: why do "true ordinal" values have
> to fit in 32 bits?

Because operations like array accesses require that they fit into one
register.

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